When cold water dropped on a hot chimney , it breaks because
A
water changes into vapour
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B
the chimney contracts
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C
the chimney expands
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D
any unknown reason
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Solution
The correct option is B the chimney contracts
When cold water dropped on a hot chimney , it breaks because the chimney contracts
When the drop falls on the glass the temperature of that parts of that glass fall.and try to shrink.since glass is bad conductor of heat. The heat reductiont takes place unequally over whole volume.so due to uneven contraction of glass over the volume.the glass gadgets get crack