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Given that a lightning flash transfers charge, 
and heat energy, 
to the Earth.
and heat energy, to the Earth.We are asked how much water would boil and vaporize.
Step-by-step explanation
Step 1.
Let the room temperature be 
. It is known that the expression to calculate the amount of energy to increase the temperature of the water 
is,
. It is known that the expression to calculate the amount of energy to increase the temperature of the water is,
Where,
- the mass of water
- specific heat of water
- latent heat of water= 
.
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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922
Solutions
Chapter
Section
- Problem 68a
- Problem 68b
- Problem 69
- Problem 70
- Problem 71a
- Problem 71b
- Problem 72
- Problem 73
- Problem 74
- Problem 75
- Problem 76
- Problem 77a
- Problem 77b
- Problem 78
- Problem 79a
- Problem 79b
- Problem 80
- Problem 81
- Problem 82a
- Problem 82b
- Problem 83
- Problem 84a
- Problem 84b
- Problem 85a
- Problem 85b
- Problem 85c
- Problem 85d
- Problem 86
- Problem 87a
- Problem 87b
- Problem 88
- Problem 89
- Problem 90
- Problem 91
- Problem 92
- Problem 93
- Problem 94a
- Problem 94b
- Problem 95a
- Problem 95b
- Problem 96a
- Problem 96b