Q: A brass rod and a lead rod each 80 cm long at 0°C are clamped together at one end with their free ends coinciding. The separation of free ends of the rods if the system is placed in a steam bath is ( αbrass = 18 x 10-6/°C and
αlead = 28 x 10-6/°C)
(a) 0.2 mm
(b) 0.8 mm
(c) 1.4 mm
(d) 1.6 mm
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Ans: (b)