There are two identical vessels filled with equal amounts of ice. The vessels are made of different metals. If the ice melts in the two vessels in $20$ and $35$ minutes respectively,the ratio of the coefficients of thermal conductivity of the two metals is:

What properties should a material used for making a cooking pot possess? ($K =$ thermal conductivity,$S =$ specific heat capacity)

Three rods each of length $l$ and cross-sectional area $A$ are joined in series between two heat reservoirs as shown in the figure. Their thermal conductivities are $2K$,$K$,and $\frac{K}{2}$,respectively. Assuming that the conductors are insulated from the surroundings,the temperatures $T_1$ and $T_2$ of the junctions in the steady-state condition are,respectively:

The ends $Q$ and $R$ of two thin wires,$PQ$ and $RS$,are soldered (joined) together. Initially,each of the wires has a length of $1 \,m$ at $10^{\circ} C$. Now,the end $P$ is maintained at $10^{\circ} C$,while the end $S$ is heated and maintained at $400^{\circ} C$. The system is thermally insulated from its surroundings. If the thermal conductivity of wire $PQ$ is twice that of the wire $RS$ and the coefficient of linear thermal expansion of $PQ$ is $1.2 \times 10^{-5} \,K^{-1}$,the change in length of the wire $PQ$ is (in $\,mm$)

The temperature difference between the ends of two cylindrical rods $A$ and $B$ of the same material is $2: 3$. In steady state, the ratio of the rates of flow of heat through the rods $A$ and $B$ is $5: 9$. If the radii of the rods $A$ and $B$ are in the ratio $1: 2$, then the ratio of lengths of the rods $A$ and $B$ is

Two spheres of different materials,one with double the radius and one-fourth wall thickness of the other,are filled with ice. If the time taken for complete melting of ice in the large radius sphere is $25 \ minutes$ and that for the smaller one is $16 \ minutes$,the ratio of thermal conductivities of the materials of the larger sphere to the smaller sphere is: