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प्रश्न
Explain, Why is it advisabile to pour cold water over burns, caused on human body, by hot solids?
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उत्तर
Water has the highest specific heat capacity of 4.2 Jg-1°C-1. Thus, it can extract large amount of heat energy rapidly from the site of burn and hence gives a lot of relief.
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