At some temperature $T$,a bronze pin is slightly too large to fit into a hole drilled in a steel block. The change in temperature required for an exact fit is minimum when:

$A$ glass flask contains some mercury at room temperature. It is found that at different temperatures the volume of air inside the flask remains the same. If the volume of mercury in the flask is $300 \, cm^3$,then the volume of the flask is ........ $cm^3$. (Given that the coefficient of volume expansion of mercury is $\gamma_{Hg} = 1.8 \times 10^{-4} (^{\circ}C)^{-1}$ and the coefficient of linear expansion of glass is $\alpha_{glass} = 9 \times 10^{-6} (^{\circ}C)^{-1}$)

Assertion :- $A$ brass disc is fast fitted in a hole in a steel plate. The system must be cooled to loosen the disc from the hole.
Reason :- The coefficient of linear expansion of brass is greater than the coefficient of linear expansion of steel.

What must be the lengths of steel and copper rods at $0^o C$ for the difference in their lengths to be $10\,cm$ at any common temperature? $(\alpha_{steel}=1.2 \times 10^{-5} \;^o C^{-1})$ and $(\alpha_{copper} = 1.8 \times 10^{-5} \;^o C^{-1})$

$A$ thin copper wire of length $l$ metre increases in length by $2\%$ when heated through $10^{\circ}C$. The percentage increase in area when a square copper sheet of side $l$ metre is heated through $10^{\circ}C$ is:

The coefficient of apparent expansion of mercury in a glass vessel is $153 \times 10^{-6} /{ }^{\circ} C$ and in a steel vessel is $144 \times 10^{-6} /{ }^{\circ} C$. If $\alpha$ for steel is $12 \times 10^{-6} /{ }^{\circ} C$, then the coefficient of linear expansion $\alpha$ for glass is: