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Why is platinum used sparingly in technological applications?

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Platinum is very light and strong alloy, though is has many uses, what prevents is economic consideration, is that platinum is very expensive. It is being in jewelry. Platinum is also used in the chemical industry as a catalyst for the production of nitric acid.silicone benzene. Platinum compounds is also used as important chemotherapy drugs used to treat cancer.

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Answer : The correct option is, (d) $535^oC$

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In this problem we assumed that heat given by the hot body is equal to the heat taken by the cold body.

$q_1=-q_2$

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where,

$c_1$ = specific heat of copper = $0.10cal/g^oC$

$c_2$ = specific heat of water = $1.00cal/g^oC$

$m_1$ = mass of copper = 120 g

$m_2$ = mass of water = 300 g

$T_f$ = final temperature of mixture = $35^oC$

$T_1$ = initial temperature of copper = ?

$T_2$ = initial temperature of water = $15^oC$

Now put all the given values in the above formula, we get:

$120g\times 0.10cal/g^oC\times (35-T_1)^oC=-300g\times 1.00cal/g^oC\times (35-15)^oC$

$T_1=535^oC$

Therefore, the temperature of the kiln was, $535^oC$

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(b)0.7

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