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प्रश्न
Why is a tea kettle provided with an ebonite handle?
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उत्तर
Tea kettles are provided with wooden or ebonite handles. The wood or the ebonite being the insulators of heat, does not pass heat from the utensils to our hand. Thus, we can hold the hot utensils or pans comfortably by their handles.
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