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A teacher one day pointed out to his students the peculiar fact that water is a unique liquid which freezes exactly at `0^(@)C`.and boils exactly at `100^(@)C`. He asked the students to find the correct statement based on this fact.

A

Water dissolves anything, however sparingly the dissolution maybe.

B

Water is a polar molecule.

C

Boiling and freezing temperatures of water were used to define a temperature scale.

D

Liquid water is denser than ice.

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C
The scaling of zero degree centigrade is based on this fact.
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