These days,people use steel utensils with copper bottoms. This is considered good for uniform heating of food. Explain this effect using the fact that copper is a better conductor of heat.

$A$ cylindrical copper rod of length $2 \,m$ and cross-sectional area $2 \,cm^2$ is insulated at its curved surface. One end of the rod is maintained in a steam chamber at $100^{\circ} C$ and the other is maintained in ice at $0^{\circ} C$. The thermal conductivity of copper is $386 \,Js^{-1} \,m^{-1} {}^{\circ} C^{-1}$. Find the temperature at a point which is at a distance of $120 \,cm$ from the colder end. (in $^{\circ} C$)

$A$ slab consists of two parallel layers of copper and brass of the same thickness and having thermal conductivities in the ratio $1 : 4$. If the free face of brass is at $100^\circ C$ and that of copper at $0^\circ C$,the temperature of the interface is ........ $^\circ C$.

Find the equivalent thermal conductivity of the system.

The temperature of the water of a pond is $0^{\circ} C$ while that of the surrounding atmosphere is $-20^{\circ} C$. If the density of ice is $\rho$, the coefficient of thermal conductivity is $k$, and the latent heat of melting is $L$, then the thickness $Z$ of the ice layer formed increases as a function of time $t$ as:

The ends of two rods of different materials with their thermal conductivities,radii of cross-sections,and lengths all in the ratio $1:2$ are maintained at the same temperature difference. If the rate of flow of heat in the larger rod is $4 \; cal/sec$,the rate of flow of heat in the shorter rod in $cal/sec$ will be: