Alka was making tea in a kettle. Suddenly she felt intense heat from the puff of steam gushing out of the spout of the kettle. She wondered whether the temperature of the steam was higher than that of the water boiling in the kettle. what do you think has happened? write down your comments
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No, she was wrong. The temperature of the steam wasn't higher than that of the water in kettle. Instead, the energy possessed by the steam was higher. This energy is also known as latent heat of vaporisation. Due to that, the heating effect produced by steam is more than that of water.
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