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A closed bottle contains some liquid. the bottle is shaken vigorously for 5 minutes. It is found that the temperature of the liquid is increased. Is heat transferred to the liquid? Is work done on the liquid? Neglect expansion on heating.
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Solution
A closed bottle containing some liquid is shaken vigorously such that work is done on the bottle (against the viscous force). Hence, the temperature of the liquid increases. However, no external heat is supplied to the system.
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