The heating element in an electric kettle is rated as 2.0 kW. If the water in the kettle is at 100.0 °C, what volume of water will be converted into steam in one minute? The specific latent heat of vaporization of the water is 2,257,000 J/kg and the
3 density of water is 1,000 kg/m .

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Answer:

The volume is  [tex]V =5.32 *10^{-5} \ m^3[/tex]

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

    The power of the heating element is [tex]P = 2.0 kW = 2.0 *10^3 \ W[/tex]

    The temperature of the water in the kettle is  [tex]T _w = 100^oC[/tex]

     The time to convert water to steam is t = 1 minute = 60 sec

      The specific latent heat of vaporization is [tex]H_v = \ 2,257,000 J/kg[/tex]

      The density of water is [tex]\rho_w = 1000\ kg/m^3[/tex]

The power of the heating element is mathematically represented as

      [tex]P = \frac{E}{t}[/tex]

Where E  Energy generated by the heating element in term of heat

      [tex]E = Pt[/tex]

substituting values

      [tex]E = 2.0 *10^{3} * 60[/tex]

      [tex]E = 120000 J[/tex]

Now

 The latent heat of vaporization is mathematically represented as

         [tex]H_v = \frac{E}{m}[/tex]

Where m is the mass of water converted to steam

 So

      [tex]m = \frac{E}{H_v}[/tex]

substituting values

      [tex]m = \frac{120000}{2257000}[/tex]

     [tex]m = 0.0532\ kg[/tex]

The volume of water converted to steam is mathematically evaluated as

    [tex]V = \frac{m }{\rho_w}[/tex]

substituting values

   [tex]V = \frac{0.0532}{1000}[/tex]

    [tex]V =5.32 *10^{-5} \ m^3[/tex]