12. A steel ball has a diameter of 60 mm and is 0,01 mm too large to pass through a hole in a brass plate when the ball and the plate are at a temperature of 303 K. Calculate the common temperature for the ball and plate at which the ball will just pass through the hole. The linear expansion of steel is 12 x 10^-6/K and that of brass 19 × 10^-6/K.

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To solve the problem, we need to find the temperature at which the steel ball will just pass through the hole in the brass plate.

Let's denote:

  • \( d_s \) = diameter of the steel ball = 60 mm,
  • \( d_h \) = diameter of the hole = \( d_s - 0.01 \) mm = 60 mm - 0.01 mm = 59.99 mm,
  • \( \alpha_s \) = linear expansion coefficient of steel = \( 12 \times 10^{-6} , \text{K}^{-1} \),
  • \( \alpha_b \) = linear expansion coefficient of brass = \( 19 \times 10^{-6} , \text{K}^{-1} \),
  • \( T_0 \) = initial temperature = 303 K.

Step 1: Calculate the linear expansion of the steel ball and the brass hole.

The diameter of the steel ball at temperature \( T \) when it expands can be given by:

\[ d_s(T) = d_s \cdot \left(1 + \alpha_s (T - T_0)\right) \]

The diameter of the hole in the brass plate at temperature \( T \) when it expands can be given by:

\[ d_h(T) = d_h \cdot \left(1 + \alpha_b (T - T_0)\right) \]

Step 2: Set up the equation for when the ball just fits through the hole.

At the temperature \( T \) when the ball just fits through the hole, we have:

\[ d_s(T) = d_h(T) \]

Substituting the expressions for \( d_s(T) \) and \( d_h(T) \):

\[ d_s \left(1 + \alpha_s (T - T_0)\right) = d_h \left(1 + \alpha_b (T - T_0)\right) \]

Step 3: Substitute values into the equation.

Using \( d_s = 60 , \text{mm} \) and \( d_h = 59.99 , \text{mm} \):

\[ 60 \left(1 + 12 \times 10^{-6} (T - 303)\right) = 59.99 \left(1 + 19 \times 10^{-6} (T - 303)\right) \]

Step 4: Expand and simplify the equation.

Expanding both sides:

\[ 60 + 60 \cdot 12 \times 10^{-6} (T - 303) = 59.99 + 59.99 \cdot 19 \times 10^{-6} (T - 303) \]

Now we simplify:

  1. For the left side:

\[ 60 + 720 \times 10^{-6} (T - 303) \]

  1. For the right side:

\[ 59.99 + 1.13981 \times 10^{-3} (T - 303) \]

Now we have:

\[ 60 + 720 \times 10^{-6} (T - 303) = 59.99 + 1.13981 \times 10^{-3} (T - 303) \]

Step 5: Isolate \( T \).

Rearranging gives us:

\[ 60 - 59.99 = 1.13981 \times 10^{-3} (T - 303) - 720 \times 10^{-6} (T - 303) \]

Which simplifies to:

\[ 0.01 = (1.13981 \times 10^{-3} - 0.000720) (T - 303) \]

Calculating:

\[ 1.13981 \times 10^{-3} - 720 \times 10^{-6} = 0.41981 \times 10^{-3} \]

So we have:

\[ 0.01 = (0.41981 \times 10^{-3})(T - 303) \]

Dividing both sides by \( 0.41981 \times 10^{-3} \):

\[ T - 303 = \frac{0.01}{0.41981 \times 10^{-3}} \approx 23.84 \]

Then:

\[ T \approx 303 + 23.84 = 326.84 , \text{K} \]

Thus, when rounding to two decimal places, the common temperature at which the steel ball will just pass through the hole in the brass plate is:

\[ \boxed{326.84 , \text{K}} \]