Why do you suppose water has been such a popular heat transfer material (steam heat, hot water systems, etc)?

What will be an ideal response?


It is readily available, but more importantly, it has a relatively large heat capacity and latent heat values. Hence, it can store large quantities of heat to be transferred elsewhere.

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In which type of collision is no kinetic energy lost?

A. A perfectly elastic collision B. A perfectly inelastic collision C. A partially inelastic collision D. Energy is always conserved

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An increase of 20 dB increases the sound intensity by a factor of

a. 10. b. 200. c. 100. d. 20.

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A particle is moving at constant velocity. Its position at t = 1.0 s is 3.0 m and its position at t = 4.0 s is 15.0 m. What is the slope of the position-time graph for this particle?

a. 0, since this is a constant velocity situation. b. 4.0 m/s c. 4.0 m/s2 d. 9.0 m/s e. 12 m/s2

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