Chemistry, asked by motug2cool, 1 year ago

give reasons why copper is used to make hot water tanks and not steel

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Answered by peehoo157
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Answer:

this is because copper is not reactant with hot water and steel will react sometimes when the temperature is extremely high the Steel will melt but copper will not melt as it has high resistance

Answered by TheRuhanikaDhawan
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Copper is used to make hot water tanks but not Steel  because

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1)copper has very high thermal conductivity compared to that of steel

2)copper is a very good conductor of heat

3)copper gets heated up very fast and it requires very less energy to get heated and hence lots of energy can be saved

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