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प्रश्न
Explain, why is water sprayed on roads in evening in hot summer?
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उत्तर
Water has the highest specific heat capacity of 4.2 Jg-1 °C-1. Thus, water absorbs large amount of heat from the roads, but its own temperature does not rise much. Thus, on the whole the roads get cooled.
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