Q.

Water falls from a height of 200 m into a pool. Calculate the rise in temperature of the water assuming no heat dissipation from the water in the pool. (Take, g = 10 m/s2 specific heat of water = 4200 J/(kg K))          [2025]

1 0.23 K  
2 0.36 K  
3 0.14 K  
4 0.48 K  

Ans.

(4)

mgh=msT

T=ghs=10×2004200=0.48 K