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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
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 A 500 W kettle contains 300 g of water at 20 °C. The kettle is allowed to boil for 2 minutes. Calculate the mass of water that remains in the kettle. State any assumptions that you make.
(Specific heat capacity of water= 4.18×103 Jkg-1°C-1;specific latent heat of vaporisation of water= 2.26×106 J kg-1.)

Important Questions on Thermal Physics

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AS and A Level
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 A mass of 20 g of ice at -15 °C is taken from a freezer and placed in a beaker containing 200 g of water at 26°C. Data for ice and water are given in Table 19.5.

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 Calculate the amount of thermal energy (heat) needed to convert all the ice at -15 °C to water at 0 °C. 

 

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AS and A Level
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A mass of 20 g of ice at -15 °C is taken from a freezer and placed in a beaker containing 200 g of water at 26°C. Data for ice and water are given in Table.

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Calculate the final temperature T of the water in the beaker assuming that the beaker has negligible mass.

 

 

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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT
. Define specific latent heat and explain the difference between 
latent heat of fusion and latent heat of vaporisation.
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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

An electric heater generating power of 120 W is immersed in a beaker of liquid that is placed on a balance. When the liquid begins to boil it is noticed that the mass of the beaker and liquid decreases by 6.2 g every minute.

State how this shows that the liquid is boiling at a steady rate. 

 

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AS and A Level
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An electric heater generating power of 120 W is immersed in a beaker of liquid that is placed on a balance. When the liquid begins to boil it is noticed that the mass of the beaker and liquid decreases by 6.2 g every minute.

Calculate a value for the specific latent heat of vaporisation of the liquid.

 

MEDIUM
AS and A Level
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An electric heater generating power of 120 W is immersed in a beaker of liquid that is placed on a balance. When the liquid begins to boil it is noticed that the mass of the beaker and liquid decreases by 6.2 g every minute. State and explain whether the value determined is likely to be larger or smaller than the accepted value.

 

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AS and A Level
IMPORTANT

Explain why energy is needed for boiling even though the temperature of the liquid remains constant.  
This diagram shows an apparatus that can be used to measure the specific latent heat of vaporisation of nitrogen.

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