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Which of the following physical quantities has the SI unit kg m s^...

Which of the following physical quantities has the SI unit kg m s−3K−1\text{kg m s}^{-3} \text{K}^{-1}?

Options

  1. AThermal conductivity
  2. BSpecific heat capacity
  3. CBoltzmann constant
  4. DStefan-Boltzmann constant

Correct answer

A. Thermal conductivity

Step-by-step solution

Let us express the given unit in terms of familiar derived SI units:

Given unit: kg m s−3K−1\text{kg m s}^{-3} \text{K}^{-1}

We know that the unit of energy (Joule, J\text{J}) is kg m2s−2\text{kg m}^2 \text{s}^{-2}.
Multiplying and dividing the given unit by m\text{m}, we can group the terms as follows:

(kg m2s−2)s−1m−1K−1(\text{kg m}^2 \text{s}^{-2}) \text{s}^{-1} \text{m}^{-1} \text{K}^{-1}

Substituting J\text{J} for kg m2s−2\text{kg m}^2 \text{s}^{-2}:

J s−1m−1K−1\text{J s}^{-1} \text{m}^{-1} \text{K}^{-1}

Since the rate of energy transfer (J s−1\text{J s}^{-1}) is Watt (W\text{W}), the unit simplifies to:

W m−1K−1\text{W m}^{-1} \text{K}^{-1}

This is the standard SI unit for thermal conductivity, which can be verified from the heat conduction equation H=KAΔTlH = \dfrac{K A \Delta T}{l}.

Answer: Thermal conductivity
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