A certain steel railroad rail is 13 yd in length and

Chapter 11, Problem 11.55

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A certain steel railroad rail is 13 yd in length and weighs 70.0 Ib/yd. How much thermal energy is required to increase the length of such a rail by 3.0 mm? Note: Assume the steel has the same specific heat as iron.

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