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प्रश्न
The farmers fill their fields with water in winter. Give reason.
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उत्तर
The farmers fill their fields with water in winter to protect the crops from frost because water due to its high specific heat capacity does not allow the temperature in the surrounding area of plants to fall below 0°C.
संबंधित प्रश्न
You have a choice of three metals A, B, and C, of specific heat capacities 900 Jkg-1 °C-1, 380 Jkg-1 °C-1 and 460 Jkg-1 °C-1 respectively, to make a calorimeter. Which material will you select? Justify your answer.
A copper vessel of mass 100 g contains 150 g of water at 50°C. How much ice is needed to cool it to 5°C?
Given: Specific heat capacity of copper = 0.4 Jg-1 °C-1
The Specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 Jg-1 °C-1
The Specific latent heat of fusion ice = 336 Jg-1
What property of water makes it an effective coolant?
Specific heat capacity of substance A is 3.8 J g-1K-1 whereas the specific heat capacity of substance B is 0.4 J g-1 K-1
(i) Which of the two is a good conductor of heat?
(ii) How is one led to the above conclusion?
(iii) If substances A and B are liquids then which one would be more useful in car radiators?
Give a mathematical relation between Heat Capacity and Specific Heat Capacity.
How much heat energy is released when 5.0 g of water at 20℃ changes into ice at 0℃? Take specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 J g-1 K-1, Specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 336 J g-1.
The diagram below shows a cooling curve for 200 g of water. The heat is extracted at the rate of 100 Js-1. Answer the questions that follow:

- Calculate specific heat capacity of water.
- Heat released in the region BC.
Specific heat capacity C = ______.
Calculate the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 200 g of copper from 20°C to 70°C. Specific heat capacity of copper = 390 J kg-1 K-1.
A 0.2 kg metal at 150°C is placed in a copper calorimeter (water equivalent 0.025 kg) with 150 cm³ water at 27°C. Final temperature is 40°C. Find the specific heat of the metal.
