Two identical containers are filled with the same amount of ice. The containers are made of different metals. If the ice in both containers melts in $20$ minutes and $35$ minutes respectively,find the ratio of their thermal conductivities.

Four rods of the same material with different radii $r$ and length $l$ are used to connect two reservoirs of heat at different temperatures. Which one will conduct the most heat?

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.

In the figure shown,$AB$ is a rod of length $30 \ cm$,area of cross-section $1 \ cm^2$ and thermal conductivity $336 \ SI$ units. The ends $A$ and $B$ are at constant temperatures $20^{\circ} C$ and $40^{\circ} C$ respectively. $A$ point $C$ of the rod is connected to ice at $0^{\circ} C$ in a thermally insulated box $D$ through a highly conducting wire of negligible heat capacity. The rate at which ice melts in the box is $\left(L_{ice}=80 \ cal \ g^{-1}\right)$.

$A$ large cylindrical rod of length $L$ is made by joining two identical rods of copper and steel of length $(\frac{L}{2})$ each. The rods are completely insulated from the surroundings. If the free end of the copper rod is maintained at $100\,^oC$ and that of the steel rod at $0\,^oC$,then the temperature of the junction is........$^oC$ (Thermal conductivity of copper is $9$ times that of steel).

Heat is conducted across a composite block of two slabs of thickness $d$ and $2d$. Their thermal conductivities are $2k$ and $k$ respectively. All the heat entering the face $AB$ leaves from the face $CD$. The temperature in $^oC$ of the junction $EF$ of the two slabs is: