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Q.

A weight thermometer contains 20 gm of mercury at 0°C and when its temperature is raised to 100°C. 315 gm of mercury is expelled. If the coefficient of linear expansion of glass is 0.0000066 per °C, the coefficient  of absolute expansion of mercury is 

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a

0.0001600/°C

b

0.0001650/°C

c

0.0001700/°C

d

0.0001798/°C

answer is D.

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Detailed Solution

γa=m0mtmt(T0)    =0315(200315)×(1000)    =000016/C
Now, 
γ=γa+γg=γa+3α=000016+3×(00000066)=00001798/C
Coefficient of real expansion of mercury =0.0001798/°C.

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