Specific Heat Capacity and Specific Latent Heat
 

Specific Heat Capacity and Specific Latent Heat problem 54


  • Define specific latent heat.


  • The heater in an electric kettle has a power of . When the water in the kettle is boiling at a steady rate, the mass of water evaporated in 2.0 minutes is . The specific latent heat of vaporisation of water is . Calculate the rate of loss of thermal energy to the surroundings of the kettle during the boiling process.


 

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