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Activity: To measure the temperature of a boiling water
Materials Required:
- Vessel
- Thermometer
- Water
- Stove (Heat source)
Procedure:
- Take a vessel and fill it with water.
- Put the vessel on the stove.
- Fix the thermometer over the water as shown below.
- Observe the reading in the thermometer and tabulate it.
Important!
The thermometer should not be in contact with the vessel in which the water is being heated. Otherwise, the thermometer will be broken at a high temperature.
You will be able to see that,
The water starts to boil when the water temperature reaches .
The temperature of the boiling water after .
The point at which the water boils and temperature is called the boiling point of water.
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