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A thermos flask is designed to prevent the contents of the flask from losing heat. Which of the following statements concerning the design of thermos flasks is incorrect?

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  1. The stopper helps reduce heat loss by convection

  2. The glass walls are silver coated to reduce emitted radiation

  3. The flask is designed to prevent heat loss by conduction, convection and radiation

  4. The vacuum between the glass walls prevents heat loss by preventing radiation

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Yes, thermoflask is designed to prevent  the contents of the flask from losing heat.
The stopper, i.e. vacuum between double walls of thermoflask prevents heat transfer through convection.
The glass walls are silver coated because it reduces emitted radiation when they are silver coated i.e. made shiny. And we know that shiny surfaces reflects all the heat so all the heat is being reflected inside the walls and heat remains unaffected. And the thinesss of glass walls will stop heat entering or leaving the flask by conduction.
So, the flask is designed to prevent heat loss by conduction, convection and radiation.

A                is a storage vessel that greatly lengthens the time over which its contents remain hotter or cooler than the flask's surroundings

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  1. Closed flask

  2. Vacuum flask

  3. Conducting flask

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A thermoflask is a storage vessel that greatly lengthens the time over which its contents remain hotter or cooler than the flask's surroundings. As thermoflask is designed to prevent heat loss by conduction, convection and radiation.

Vacuum in a vacuum flask prevents heat transfer through process of-

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  1. Conduction only

  2. Conduction and Convection

  3. Convection only

  4. Radiation only

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Vacuum in a vacuum flask prevents heat transfer through process of conduction and convection.
It is so because, in conduction there needs a direct contact for transfer of heat and there is vaccum between two layers, so conduction can't  transfer heat in this case. And in convection, heat is transferred by molecular motion in fluid (liquid or gas). But due to vaccum's presence between two layers, molecular motion is not possible So convection is also impossible for this case.

The silver coating on the inner bottle of a thermos flask

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  1. prevents heat transfer by conduction

  2. prevents heat transfer by convection

  3. prevents heat transfer by radiation

  4. prevents heat transfer by absorption

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Due to the silver coating on the inner bottle, a shiny surface is formed. And these shiny surface act as a good reflector of heat 
As a result, they prevent the transfer of heat by radiation.

The walls of thermo-flask are polished because

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  1. shining bodies are good absorber of heat

  2. shining bodies are good radiator of heat

  3. shining bodies have emisivity as one

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The wall of thermoflask are polished because shiny surface are good radiators of heat. Since we intend to keep in the vacuum flask and not have it radiated, Outside the shiny surface is best option. A black wall is bad option as they are good emitter and absorber of heat radiation.

The vacuum between the walls of the flask prevents the transfer of heat by

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  1. Conduction

  2. Convection

  3. Radiation

  4. All

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Thermos flask is a special kind of bottle used for keeping the hot liquid hot and the cold liquid cool for a sufficiently long time. It was deviced by sir James Dewar and do it is also known as Dewar Flask. The vacuum between the walls of the flask prevents the transfer of  heat by conduction.

Thermos flask was deviced by

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  1. Fischer

  2. Joseph Lister

  3. Joseph Fourier

  4. Sir James Dewar

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Thermos flask is a special kind of bottle used for keeping the hot liquid hot and the cold liquid cool for a sufficiently long time. It was devised by sir James Dewar and do it is also known as Dewar Flask.

Thermos flask is a special kind of 

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  1. Bottle

  2. Process

  3. Apparatus

  4. Weighing machine

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Thermos flask is a special kind of bottle used for keeping the hot liquid hot and the cold liquid cool for a sufficiently long time.

A polished silver surface is

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  1. good absorber of heat

  2. good reflector of heat

  3. poor reflector of heat

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Heat rays are electromagnetic rays. Light rays are also electromagnetic rays. We know that a polished silver surface is a good reflector of light. this means that it is a good reflector of electromagnetic rays. Hence it is a good reflector of heat

A thermos flask maintains temperature of objects. It

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  1. containing some kind of heating element to keep hot things hot.

  2. containing some kind of heating element to keep cold things cold.

  3. keeps hot things hot by not allowing heat to escape.

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
A thermos flask maintains temperature of objects. It keeps hot things hot by not allowing heat to escape.
Thermos flask doesn't allow heat to escape from it via any mode of heat transfer i.e. conduction, convection, radiation. It does so by silver coating or polishing inner surface thin walls and vacuum between two walls.