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The coolant in a chemical or a unclear plant should have high specific heat . Why ?

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"Specific heat of a substance is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of unit mass of the substance through `1^(@)C " or "1K`. " The coolant in a chemical or nuclear plant should be able to absorb more amount of heat released from the plant . Hence , the coolant should have high specific heat .
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