AP BIOLOGY

BIOCHEMISTRY

PROPERTIES OF WATER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Water is valuable to industries and in your car’s radiator as a coolant because
A
It absorbs a lot of heat before it changes temperature
B
it can defy gravity
C
because it is universal solvent
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Water is used as a coolant in industries and car radiators, it is due to high specific heat of water. The specific heat of a substance is the heat required to raise the temperature of unit mass of substance through 1o.

Detailed explanation-2: -Water is used as a coolant in car radiators because of its high specific heat capacity.

Detailed explanation-3: -Manufacturing and other industries use water during the production process for either creating their products or cooling equipment used in creating their products.

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