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Question
If you keep ice at 0° C and water at 0° C in either of your hands, in which hand you will feel more chillness? Why?
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Solution
The hand having ice at 0°C will feel more chillness than of 0°C water.
Reason: The 0°C ice takes more heat from hand equal to mL, to convert 0°C Ice water, 0°C as compared to 0°C water of same mass. Hence m & L are the mass and latent heat of fusion of water respectively.
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