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प्रश्न
Water property of water makes it an effective coolant?
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उत्तर
By allowing water to flow in pipes around the heated parts of a machine, heat energy from such part is removed. Water in pipes extracts more heat from surrounding without much rise in its temperature because of its large specific heat capacity. So, Water is used as an effective coolant.
संबंधित प्रश्न
What property of water makes it an effective coolant?
An electric heater of power 600 W raises the temperature of 4.0 kg of a liquid from 10.0℃ to 15.0℃ in100 s. Calculate:
- the heat capacity of 4.0 kg of liquid,
- the specific heat capacity of the liquid.
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The cold object the hot object enclosed in one box of heat-resistant material.
- What changes will occur in the two objects when temperature flows from those objects?
- Which principle can show that the energy exchange takes place between two objects only when kept in isolated system?
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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.
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Which substance will have more specific heat capacity?
