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Boiling water is changing into steam.Under this condition the specific heat of water is ……………. .

A

zero

B

one

C

infinite

D

less than one

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c

In order to change boiling water into steam, heat has to be given but thee is no increase of temperature. Therefore, under this condition the specific heat of water is infinite.
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