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Question: Two metal strips that constitute a thermostat must necessarily differ in their...

Two metal strips that constitute a thermostat must necessarily differ in their

A

Mass

B

Length

C

Resistivity

D

Coefficient of linear expansion

Answer

Coefficient of linear expansion

Explanation

Solution

Thermostat is used in electric apparatus like refrigerator, Iron etc for automatic cut off. Therefore for metallic strips to bend on heating their coefficient of linear expansion should be different.