If the thermal conductivity of aluminum is $0.5 \ cal/cm \cdot s \cdot ^\circ C$,then the temperature gradient required to conduct $10 \ cal/s \cdot cm^2$ in the steady state is ...... $^\circ C/cm$.

These days,people use steel utensils with copper bottoms. This is considered good for uniform heating of food. Explain this effect using the fact that copper is a better conductor of heat.

Two identical rods of copper and iron are coated with wax uniformly. When one end of each is kept at the temperature of boiling water,the lengths up to which wax melts are $8.4 \ cm$ and $4.2 \ cm$ respectively. If the thermal conductivity of copper is $0.92$,then the thermal conductivity of iron is:

Consider two rods of same length and different specific heats $(S_{1}, S_{2})$,conductivities $(K_{1}, K_{2})$ and area of cross-sections $(A_{1}, A_{2})$ and both having temperatures $T_{1}$ and $T_{2}$ at their ends. If the rate of loss of heat due to conduction is equal,then:

The ratio of thermal conductivity of two rods of different materials is $4:3$. The two rods have same area of cross-section and same thermal resistance. The lengths of rods are in the ratio

If $K_{1}$ and $K_{2}$ are the thermal conductivities,$L_{1}$ and $L_{2}$ are the lengths,and $A_{1}$ and $A_{2}$ are the cross-sectional areas of steel and copper rods respectively,such that $\frac{K_{2}}{K_{1}}=9$,$\frac{A_{1}}{A_{2}}=2$,and $\frac{L_{1}}{L_{2}}=2$. For the arrangement shown in the figure,the value of the temperature $T$ of the steel-copper junction in the steady state will be ........... $^{\circ}C$.