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Grade 11Thermal Physics

3 metal rods of same length and same area of cross section having the conductivities 1,2,3 units are connected in series. Then their effective thermal conductivity will be.....

Profile image of Sreenidhi Varadi
9 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Umakant biswal
9 Years ago
@ sreenidhi 
can u remember to find out the effective resistance in the case of parallel combination of resister . 
the same formula will going to be used in this case also . 
k1 = 1 
k2 = 2 
k3 = 3
in series 
k (eq)_ = 1/k1+1/k2+1/k3 
= 1/1+1/2+1/3 = 11/6 
so, final answer will be 6/11 
beacuse 1/ k (eq ) = 11/6 
HOPE IT CLEARS YOUR DOUBT 
ALL THE BEST ..
Profile image of Talib Ahmed
7 Years ago
l1+l2+l3/K=l1/k1+l2/k2+l3/k3
by using this formula,we get the final equivalent conductivity.Hope u will understand!!!