Liquid oxygen at 50 K is heated to 300 K at constant pressure of 1 atm. The rate of heating is constant. Which one of the following graphs represents the variation of temperature with time ?
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Answer
(1) [figure]
Solution
First, the liquid oxygen absorbs heat and its temperature rises steadily up to its boiling point (about 90 K at 1 atm).
At the boiling point, the heat supplied is used as latent heat of vaporisation, so the temperature stays constant until all the liquid changes into gas (horizontal part).
After that, the oxygen gas absorbs heat and its temperature rises again up to 300 K.
The graph is: rise → flat → rise, as in graph (1).
Answer: (1)