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20 g of kerosene oil at 40°C is mixed with 100 g of water at 10 °C. What is the temperature of the mixture? Specific heat of kerosene =0.5 calg °C.  

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A small piece of iron of mass 250 g is heated to temperature 90°C and then put in a calorimeter of mass 400 g containing 150 g of water at 20 °C. What is the final temperature of mixture? Specific heat of iron=0.12 calg °C and of Calorimeter=0.1 calg °C.
 
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A solid of mass 300 g is heated to a temperature 140 °C and then put in a calorimeter containing 200 g of kerosene oil at 10 °C. If the mass of the calorimeter is 450 g what is the final temperature of the mixture? Specific heat of solid=0.12 calg °C. Specific heat of kerosene oil=0.50 calg °C.
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A calorimeter of heat capacity 40 cal°C contains 200 g of water at 20 °C. A piece of metal of mass 400 g is heated up to 250 °C and put in the calorimeter. The temperature of mixture is obtained 75 °C. What is specific heat of metal?                                                                                      
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A calorimeter of heat capacity 170  jouleg°C contains 250 g of liquid at 40 °C. A piece of metal of mass 300 g is heated up to 200 °C and put in the calorimeter. The final temperature of mixture is obtained 70 °C. If specific heat of metal is 0.42  joulg °C, calculate the specific heat of the liquid. 
 
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The figure given below shows a geographical phenomenon. Name this phenomenon and explain it in brief.

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Name the three states of matter.
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What do you mean by change of phase of matter?
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Name the process in which vapour on cooling comes to liquid state.