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Water is used in hot water bottles because:

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Water is used in hot water bottles because:

Options

  • Water has highest specific heat capacity

  • Water at comparatively low temperature (50°C) can store lot of heat energy

  • Water slowly radiates heat and keeps the temperature cozy.

  • All of these

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Solution

All of these

Explanation:

Water has the highest specific heat capacity, so it can store a large amount of heat at about 50°C and release it slowly. This makes hot water bottles effective. Hence 'all of these' is correct.

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Chapter 10: Calorimetry - EXERCISE-1 [Page 236]

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Goyal Brothers Prakashan A New Approach to ICSE Physics [English] Class 10
Chapter 10 Calorimetry
EXERCISE-1 | Q 23. | Page 236
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