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Mechanical Properties of Fluids
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Should a thermometric substance have large heat capacity or small heat capacity?

Answer

The thermometric substance should have low value of heat capacity so that it attains the temperature of any substance rapidly, without absorbing any appreciable amount of heat from the substance. 

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Some More Questions From Mechanical Properties of Fluids Chapter

What is periodic motion?

Write down the expression for the instantaneous velocity and acceleration of particle vibrating in simple harmonic motion.

How do you define the mean position of particle executing simple harmonic motion?

Define amplitude.

What is the net displacement of the particle executing simple harmonic motion in one complete oscillation?

Are all the periodic motions simple harmonic?

Does the time period of particle vibrating in simple harmonic motion depend upon its displacement?

Where will the particle executing simple harmonic motion have acceleration maximum and speed zero?

What is the average velocity of the particle executing simple harmonic motion over one complete oscillation?