Specific Heat Capacity
 

Specific Heat Capacity problem 21


In a home, we have a central heating stove with an efficiency of 38 %. The stove uses heating oil with a specific heat of combustion of . How many litres of heating oil do we use if we heat 1 hectolitre of water from 25 °C to 100 °C? The density of the heating oil is and the specific heat capacity of water is .


 

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