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प्रश्न
Give two reasons as to why copper is preferred over other metals for making calorimeters.
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उत्तर
Copper is preferred over other metals for making calorimeters because:
(i) It has a low specific heat capacity.
(ii) It takes negligible amount of heat from its contents to attain the temperature of the contents.
संबंधित प्रश्न
A refrigerator converts 100 g of water at 20°C to ice at -10°C in 35 minutes. Calculate the average rate of heat extraction in terms of watts.
Given: Specific heat capacity of ice = 2.1 J g-1°C-1
Specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 J g-1°C-1
Specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 336 J g-1
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