MCQ (More than One Correct Answer)

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A table tennis ball has radius $(3 / 2) \times 10^{-2} \mathrm{~m}$ and mass $(22 / 7) \times 10^{-3} \mathrm{~kg}$. It is slowly pushed down into a swimming pool to a depth of $d=0.7 \mathrm{~m}$ below the water surface and then released from rest. It emerges from the water surface at speed $v$, without getting wet, and rises up to a height $H$. Which of the following option(s) is(are) correct?

[Given: $\pi=22 / 7, g=10 \mathrm{~m} \mathrm{~s}^{-2}$, density of water $=1 \times 10^3 \mathrm{~kg} \mathrm{~m}^{-3}$, viscosity of water $=1 \times 10^{-3} \mathrm{~Pa}$-s.]

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A bubble has surface tension $S$. The ideal gas inside the bubble has ratio of specific heats $\gamma=$ $\frac{5}{3}$. The bubble is exposed to the atmosphere and it always retains its spherical shape. When the atmospheric pressure is $P_{a 1}$, the radius of the bubble is found to be $r_{1}$ and the temperature of the enclosed gas is $T_{1}$. When the atmospheric pressure is $P_{a 2}$, the radius of the bubble and the temperature of the enclosed gas are $r_{2}$ and $T_{2}$, respectively.

Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?
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An ideal gas of density $\rho=0.2 \mathrm{~kg} \mathrm{~m}^{-3}$ enters a chimney of height $h$ at the rate of $\alpha=$ $0.8 \mathrm{~kg} \mathrm{~s}^{-1}$ from its lower end, and escapes through the upper end as shown in the figure. The cross-sectional area of the lower end is $A_{1}=0.1 \mathrm{~m}^{2}$ and the upper end is $A_{2}=0.4 \mathrm{~m}^{2}$. The pressure and the temperature of the gas at the lower end are $600 \mathrm{~Pa}$ and $300 \mathrm{~K}$, respectively, while its temperature at the upper end is $150 \mathrm{~K}$. The chimney is heat insulated so that the gas undergoes adiabatic expansion. Take $g=10 \mathrm{~m} \mathrm{~s}^{-2}$ and the ratio of specific heats of the gas $\gamma=2$. Ignore atmospheric pressure.

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Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

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A cylindrical tube, with its base as shown in the figure, is filled with water. It is moving down with a constant acceleration a along a fixed inclined plane with angle $$\theta$$ = 45$$^\circ$$. P1 and P2 are pressures at points 1 and 2, respectively, located at the base of the tube. Let $$\beta$$ = (P1 $$-$$ P2)/($$\rho$$gd), where $$\rho$$ is density of water, d is the inner diameter of the tube and g is the acceleration due to gravity. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

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As shown schematically in the figure, two vessels contain water solutions (at temperature T) of potassium permanganate (KMnO4) of different concentrations n1 and n2 (n1 > n2) molecules per unit volume with $$\Delta $$n = (n1 − n2) << n1. When they are connected by a tube of small length l and cross-sectional area S, KMnO4 starts to diffuse from the left to the right vessel through the tube. Consider the collection of molecules to behave as dilute ideal gases and the difference in their partial pressure in the two vessels causing the diffusion. The speed v of the molecules is limited by the viscous force −$$\beta $$v on each molecule, where $$\beta $$ is a constant. Neglecting all terms of the order ($$\Delta $$n)2, which of the following is/are correct? (kB is the Boltzmann constant) JEE Advanced 2020 Paper 1 Offline Physics - Properties of Matter Question 33 English
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A cylindrical capillary tube of 0.2 mm radius is made by joining two capillaries T1 and T2 of different materials having water contact angles of 0$$^\circ $$ and 60$$^\circ $$, respectively. The capillary tube is dipped vertically in water in two different configurations, case I and II as shown in figure. Which of the following option(s) is (are) correct? [Surface tension of water = 0.075 N/m, density of water = 1000 kg/m3, take g = 10 m/s2]

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Consider a thin square plate floating on a viscous liquid in a large tank. The height $$h$$ of the liquid in the tank is much less than the width of the tank. The floating place is pulled horizontally with a constant velocity $${\mu _{0.}}$$ Which of the following statements is (are) true?
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A uniform capillary tube of inner radius $$r$$ is dipped vertically into a beaker filled with water. The water rises to a height $$h$$ in the capillary tube above the water surface in the beaker. The surface tension of water is $$\sigma .$$ The angle of contact between water and the wall of the capillary tube is $$\theta .$$ Ignore the mass of water in the meniscus. Which of the following statements is (are) true?
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A human body has a surface area of approximately $$1\,m{}^2.$$ The normal body temperature is $$10$$ $$K$$ above the surrounding room temperature $${T_0}.$$ Take the room temperature to be $${T_0} = 300K.$$ For $${T_0} = 300\,K,$$ the value of $$\sigma T_0^4 = 460\,W{m^{ - 2}}$$ (where $$\sigma $$ is the Stefan-Boltzmann constant).

Which of the following options is / are correct?
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A spherical body of radius R consists of a fluid of constant density and is in equilibrium under its own gravity. If P(r) is the pressure at r (r < R), then the correct option(s) is(are)
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In plotting stress versus strain curves for two materials P and Q, a student by mistake puts strain on the y-axis and stress on the x-axis as shown in the figure. Then, the correct statements is/are
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Two spheres P and Q for equal radii have densities $$\rho$$1 and $$\rho$$2, respectively. The spheres are connected by a massless string and placed in liquids L1 and L2 of densities $$\sigma$$1 and $$\sigma$$2 and viscosities $${\eta _1}$$ and $${\eta _2}$$, respectively. They float in equilibrium with the sphere P in L1 and sphere Q in L2 and the string being taut (see figure) If sphere P along in L2 has terminal velocity vP and Q alone in L1 ha terminal velocity vQ, then

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Heater of an electric kettle is made of a wire of length L and diameter d. It takes 4 minutes to raise the temperature of 0.5 kg water by 40 K. This heater is replaced by a new heater having two wires of the same material, each of length L and diameter 2d. The way these wires are connected is given in the options. How much time in minutes will it take to raise the temperature of the same amount of water by 40 K?
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A solid sphere of radius R and density $$\rho $$ is attached to one end of a mass-less spring of force constant k. The other end of the spring is connected to another solid sphere of radius R and density 3$$\rho $$. The complete arrangement is placed in a liquid of density 2$$\rho $$ and is allowed to reach equilibrium. The correct statement(s) is (are)
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A person blows into the open end of a long pipe. As a result, a high-pressure pulse of air travels down the pipe. When this pulse reaches the other end of the pipe,

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A composite block is made of slabs A, B, C, D and E of different thermal conductivities (given in terms of a constant K) and sizes (given in terms of length, L) as shown in the figure. All slabs are of same width. Heat Q flows only from left to right through the blocks. Then, in steady-state

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Two solid spheres A and B of equal volumes but of different densities dA and dB are connected by a string. They are fully immersed in a fluid of density dF. They get arranged into an equilibrium state as shown in the figure with a tension in the string. The arrangement is possible only if

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Numerical

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Two large, identical water tanks, 1 and 2 , kept on the top of a building of height $H$, are filled with water up to height $h$ in each tank. Both the tanks contain an identical hole of small radius on their sides, close to their bottom. A pipe of the same internal radius as that of the hole is connected to tank 2 , and the pipe ends at the ground level. When the water flows from the tanks 1 and 2 through the holes, the times taken to empty the tanks are $t_1$ and $t_2$, respectively. If $H=\left(\frac{16}{9}\right) h$, then the ratio $t_1 / t_2$ is ___________.
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An incompressible liquid is kept in a container having a weightless piston with a hole. A capillary tube of inner radius $0.1 \mathrm{~mm}$ is dipped vertically into the liquid through the airtight piston hole, as shown in the figure. The air in the container is isothermally compressed from its original volume $V_0$ to $\frac{100}{101} V_0$ with the movable piston. Considering air as an ideal gas, the height $(h)$ of the liquid column in the capillary above the liquid level in $\mathrm{cm}$ is _______.

[Given: Surface tension of the liquid is $0.075 \mathrm{~N} \mathrm{~m}^{-1}$, atmospheric pressure is $10^5 \mathrm{~N} \mathrm{~m}^{-2}$, acceleration due to gravity $(\mathrm{g})$ is $10 \mathrm{~m} \mathrm{~s}^{-2}$, density of the liquid is $10^3 \mathrm{~kg} \mathrm{~m}^{-3}$ and contact angle of capillary surface with the liquid is zero] JEE Advanced 2023 Paper 2 Online Physics - Properties of Matter Question 3 English
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A hot air balloon is carrying some passengers, and a few sandbags of mass 1 kg each so that its total mass is 480 kg. Its effective volume giving the balloon its buoyancy is V. The balloon is floating at an equilibrium height of 100 m. When N number of sandbags are thrown out, the balloon rises to a new equilibrium height close to 150 m with its volume V remaining unchanged. If the variation of the density of air with height h from the ground is
$$\rho \left( h \right) = {\rho _0}{e^{ - {h \over {{h_0}}}}}$$, where $$\rho $$0 = 1.25 kg m−3 and h0 = 6000 m, the value of N is _________.
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A train with cross-sectional area St is moving with speed vt inside a long tunnel of cross-sectional area S0 (S0 = 4St). Assume that almost all the air (density $$\rho $$) in front of the train flows back between its sides and the walls of the tunnel. Also, the air flow with respect to the train is steady and laminar. Take the ambient pressure and that inside the train to be p0. If the pressure in the region between the sides of the train and the tunnel walls is p, then
p0 - p = $${7 \over {2N}}\rho v_t^2$$. The value of 𝑁 is ________.
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A cubical solid aluminium (bulk modulus = $$ - V{{dP} \over {dV}} = 70GPa$$) block has an edge length of 1 m on the surface of the earth. It is kept on the floor of a 5 km deep ocean. Taking the average density of water and the acceleration due to gravity to be 103 kg m-3 and 10 ms-2, respectively, the change in the edge length of the block in mm is _______.
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When water is filled carefully in a glass, one can fill it to a height h above the rim of the glass due to the surface tension of water. To calculate h just before water starts flowing, model the shape of the water above the rim as a disc of thickness h having semicircular edges, as shown schematically in the figure. When the pressure of water at the bottom of this disc exceeds what can be withstood due to the surface tension, the water surface breaks near the rim and water starts flowing from there. If the density of water, its surface tension and the acceleration
due to gravity are 103 kg m−3 , 0.07 Nm−1 and 10 ms−2 , respectively, the value of h (in mm) is _________. JEE Advanced 2020 Paper 1 Offline Physics - Properties of Matter Question 32 English
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A block of weight 100 N is suspended by copper and steel wires of same cross-sectional area 0.5 cm2 and length $$\sqrt 3 $$ m and 1 m, respectively. Their other ends are fixed on a ceiling as shown in figure. The angles subtended by copper and steel wires with ceiling are 30$$^\circ $$ and 60$$^\circ $$, respectively. If elongation in copper wire is ($$\Delta {l_c}$$) and elongation in steel wire is ($$\Delta {l_s}$$), then the ratio $${{\Delta {l_c}} \over {\Delta {l_s}}}$$ is .............. .

[Young's modulus for copper and steel are 1 $$ \times $$ 1011 N/m2 and 2 $$ \times $$ 1011 N/m2 respectively.]

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A liquid at 30$$^\circ $$C is poured very slowly into a Calorimeter that is at temperature of 110$$^\circ $$C. The boiling temperature of the liquid is 80$$^\circ $$C. It is found that the first 5 gm of the liquid completely evaporates. After pouring another 80 gm of the liquid the equilibrium temperature is found to be 50$$^\circ $$C. The ratio of the latent heat of the liquid to its specific heat will be ...........$$^\circ $$C.

[Neglect the heat exchange with surrounding]
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Two conducting cylinders of equal length but different radii are connected in series between two heat baths kept at temperatures $${T_1} = 300\,K$$ and $${T_2} = 100\,K$$, as shown in the figure. The radius of the bigger cylinder is twice that of the smaller once and the thermal conductivities of the materials of the smaller and the larger cylinders are $${K_1}$$ and $${K_2}$$ respectively. If the temperature at the junction of the two cylinders in the steady state is $$200$$ $$K,$$ then $${K_1}/{K_2} = $$ ______________.

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A drop of liquid of radius $$R = {10^{ - 2}}\,m$$ having surface tension $$S = {{0.1} \over {4\pi }}N{m^{ - 1}}$$ divides itself into $$K$$ identical drops. In this process the total change in the surface energy $$\Delta U = {10^{ - 3}}\,J.$$ If $$K = {10^\alpha }$$ then the value of $$\alpha $$ is
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Consider two solid spheres P and Q each of density 8 gm cm–3 and diameters 1 cm and 0.5 cm, respectively. Sphere P is dropped into a liquid of density 0.8 gm cm–3 and viscosity $$\eta $$ = 3 poiseulles. Sphere Q is dropped into a liquid of density 1.6 gm cm–3 and viscosity $$\eta $$ = 2 poiseulles. The ratio of the terminal velocities of P and Q is
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Two soap bubbles A and B are kept in a closed chamber where the air is maintained at pressure 8 N/m$$^2$$. The radii of bubbles A and B are 2 cm and 4 cm, respectively. Surface tension of the soap-water used to make bubbles is 0.04 N/m. Find the ratio $$n_B/n_A$$, where $$n_A$$ and $$n_B$$ are the number of moles of air in bubbles A and B, respectively. (Neglect the effect of gravity.)

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A cylindrical vessel of height 500 mm has an orifice (small hole) at its bottom. The orifice is initially closed and water is filled in it up to height H. Now the top is completely sealed with a cap and the orifice at the bottom is opened. Some water comes out from the orifice and the water level in the vessel becomes steady with height of water column being 200 mm. Find the fall in height (in mm) of water level due to opening of the orifice. (Take atmospheric pressure = 1.0 $$\times$$ 10$$^5$$ N/m$$^2$$, density of water = 1000 kg/m$$^3$$ and g = 10 m/s$$^2$$. Neglect any effect of surface tension.)

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MCQ (Single Correct Answer)

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An open-ended U-tube of uniform cross-sectional area contains water (density 103 kg m−3 ). Initially the water level stands at 0.29 m from the bottom in each arm. Kerosene oil (a water-immiscible liquid) of density 800 kg m−3 is added to the left arm until its length is 0.1 m, as shown in the schematic figure below. The ratio $$\left( {{{{h_1}} \over {{h_2}}}} \right)$$ of the heights of the liquid in the two arms is : JEE Advanced 2020 Paper 1 Offline Physics - Properties of Matter Question 34 English
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A current carrying wire heats a metal rod. The wire provides a constant power (P) to the rod. The metal rod is enclosed in an insulated container. It is observed that the temperature (T) in the metal rod changes with time (t) as $$T(t) = {T_0}\left( {1 + \beta {t^{{1 \over 4}}}} \right)$$, where $$\beta $$ is a constant with appropriate dimension while T0 is a constant with dimension of temperature. The heat capacity of the metal is
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A person in a lift is holding a water jar, which has a small hole at the lower end of its side. When the lift is at rest, the water jet coming out of the hole hits the floor of the lift at a distance d of 1.2 m from the person. In the following, state of the lift’s motion is given in List I and the distance where the water jet hits the floor of the lift is given in List II. Match the statements from List I with those in List II and select the correct answer using the options given below the lists.

List - I List - II
P. Lift is accelerating vertically up. 1. d=1.2 m
Q. Lift is accelerating vertically down
with an acceleration less than the
gravitational acceleration.
2. d > 1.02 m
R. Lift is moving vertically up with
constant speed.
3. d < 1.2 m
S. Lift is falling freely. 4. No water leaks out of the jar
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A glass capillary tube is of the shape of truncated cone with an apex angle $$\alpha$$ so that its two ends have cross sections of different radii. When dipped in water vertically, water rises in it to a height h, where the radius of its cross section is b. If the surface tension of water is S, its density is $$\rho$$, and its contact angle with glass is $$\theta$$, the value of h will be (g is the acceleration due to gravity)

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If the piston is pushed at a speed of 5 mm s$$-$$1, the air comes out of the nozzle with a speed of

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If the density of air is $$\rho$$a and that of the liquid $$\rho$$l, then for a given piston speed the rate (volume per unit time) at which the liquid is sprayed will be proportional to

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One end of a horizontal thick copper wire of length 2L and radius 2R is welded to an end of another horizontal thin copper wire of length L and radius R. When the arrangement is stretched by applying forces at two ends, the ratio of the elongation in the thin wire to that in the thick wire is
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A thin uniform cylindrical shell, closed at both ends, is partially filled with water. It is floating vertically in water in half-submerged state. If $${\rho _c}$$ is the relative density of the material of the shell with respect to water, then the correct statement is that the shell is
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When liquid medicine of density $$\rho $$ is to be put in the eye, it is done with the help of a dropper. As the bulb on the top of the dropper is pressed, a drop forms at the opening of the dropper. We wish to estimate the size of the drop. We first assume that the drop formed at the opening is spherical because that requires a minimum increase in its surface energy. To determine the size, we calculate the net vertical force due to the surface tension T when the radius of the drop is R. When the force becomes smaller than the weight of the drop, the drop gets detached from the dropper.

After the drop detaches, its surface energy is

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When liquid medicine of density $$\rho $$ is to be put in the eye, it is done with the help of a dropper. As the bulb on the top of the dropper is pressed, a drop forms at the opening of the dropper. We wish to estimate the size of the drop. We first assume that the drop formed at the opening is spherical because that requires a minimum increase in its surface energy. To determine the size, we calculate the net vertical force due to the surface tension T when the radius of the drop is R. When the force becomes smaller than the weight of the drop, the drop gets detached from the dropper.

If r = 5 $$ \times $$ 10−4 m, $$\rho $$ = 103 kg m−3 , g = 10 m/s2 , T = 0.11 Nm−1 , the radius of the drop when it detaches from the dropper is approximately

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When liquid medicine of density $$\rho $$ is to be put in the eye, it is done with the help of a dropper. As the bulb on the top of the dropper is pressed, a drop forms at the opening of the dropper. We wish to estimate the size of the drop. We first assume that the drop formed at the opening is spherical because that requires a minimum increase in its surface energy. To determine the size, we calculate the net vertical force due to the surface tension T when the radius of the drop is R. When the force becomes smaller than the weight of the drop, the drop gets detached from the dropper.

If the radius of the opening of the dropper is $$r$$, the vertical force due to the surface tension on the drop of radius R (assuming $$r$$ << R) is

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A glass tube of uniform internal radius (r) has a valve separating the two identical ends. Initially, the valve is in a tightly closed position. End 1 has a hemispherical soap bubble of radius r. End 2 has sub-hemispherical soap bubble as shown in figure. Just after opening the valve,

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STATEMENT - 1 :

The stream of water flowing at high speed from a garden hose pipe tends to spread line a fountain when held vertically up, but tends to narrow down when held vertically down.

and

STATEMENT - 2 :

In any steady flow of an incompressible fluid, the volume flow rate of the fluid remains constant.

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As the bubble moves upwards, besides the buoyancy force the following forces are acting on it

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When the gas bubble is at a height y from the bottom, its temperature is :

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The buoyancy force acting on the gas bubble is (Assume R is the universal gas constant)

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Water is filled up to a height $$h$$ in a beaker of radius $$R$$ as shown in the figure. The density of water is $$\rho$$, the surface tension of water is $$T$$ and the atmospheric pressure is P. Consider a vertical section $$A B C D$$ of the water column through a diameter of the beaker. The force on water on one side of this section by water on the other side of this section has magnitude

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Column I gives some devices and Column II gives some process on which the functioning of these devices depend. Match the devices in Column I with the processes in Column II and indicate your answer by darkening appropriate bubbles in the $$4 \times 4$$ matrix given in the ORS.

Column I Column II
(A) Bimetallic strip (P) Radiation from a hot body
(B) Steam engine (Q) Energy conversion
(C) Incandescent lamp (R) Melting
(D) Electric fuse (S) Thermal expansion

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