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The heat of combustion of ethane gas is `368 kcal //mol`. Assuming that `60%` of the heat is useful, how many `m^(3)` of ethane `9` measured at STP `)` must be burnt to supply enough heat to convert `50kg` of water at `10^(@)C` to steam at `100^(@)C` ? Specific heat of water is `1 cal//g`. Heat of vaporisation of `H_(2)O` is `540cal//g`.

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`3.196m^(3);`
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