Why does it requires great amount of heat to increase the temperature of 10kg water from 10° to 20°
Because water has great specific heat capacity "c= 4200\\frac {J}{kg\\cdot \u00b0C}" and
"Q=cm \\Delta t=4200\\cdot 10\\cdot (20-10)=0.42~MJ."
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