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AP EAMCET · PHYSICS · Thermal Properties of Matter

Boiling water is changing into steam. The specific heat of boiling water is

  1. A zero
  2. B One
  3. C Infinity
  4. D less than one
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(C) Infinity

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Specific heat of any substance is the amount of heat transfer Q required to cause a unit rise in temperature ∆T of a unit mass of that substance of mass m. s=Qm∆T When boiling water changes into steam there is latent heat involved cause its a phase change…