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Q.

A bimetallic strip is formed out of two identical strips, one of copper and other of brass. The coefficients of linear expansion of the two metals are aC and aB On heating the temperature of the strip goes up by ΔT and the strip bends to form an arc of radius of curvature R. Then R is

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a

directly proportional to ΔT

b

proportional to aBac

c

inversely proportional to aBac

d

independent of ΔT

answer is D.

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Let L0 be the initial length of each strip before heating.Length after heating will be

LB=L01+αBΔT=(R+d)θ

LC=L01+αCΔT=RθR+dR=1+αBΔT1+αCΔT

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1+dR=1+αBαCΔT

R=dαBαCΔTR1ΔT

 and R1αBαC

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