Current Electricity 3 Question 1
1. One kilogram of water at is heated in an electric kettle whose heating element has a mean (temperature averaged) resistance of . The rms voltage in the mains is . Ignoring heat loss from the kettle, time taken for water to evaporate fully, is close to
[Specific heat of water
(2019 Main, 12 April II)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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Solution:
- Heat required by water for getting hot and then evaporated is
Here,
So, heat required is
This heat is provided by a heating coil of resistance
So, heat supplied by heater coil is
where,
Substituting the value of heat from Eq. (ii), we get
Nearest answer is