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7. Two identical rectangular strips, one of copper and the other of steel, are rivetted together to form a bimetallic strip (αcopper > αsteel). On heating, this strip will
(a) remain straight
(b) bend with copper on convex side
(c) bend with steel on convex side
(d) get twisted.

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Two metallic strips with different α means that on heating the expansion in two cases will be different.The expansion depebds on the tem[rature difference and the value of αThe material with more α will have more expansion which means the bimettalic stripwill bend towards steel side.REGARDS

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