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Some vessels of cooking have copper coating at bottom why ?

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Being a good conductor of heat, copper promotes the distribution of heat over the bottom of a pot for uniform cooking. That is why some cooking pots have copper coating on the bottom.
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KUMAR PRAKASHAN-THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER-Question Paper (Section - D) (Answer following in brief :) Each carry 4 marks
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  2. In an experiment on the specific heat of a metal, a 0.20 kg block of t...

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