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A rigid tank with a volume of 2.5m^3 contains 5kg of saturated liquid-vapor mixture of water at 75 deg C. Now the water is slowly heated. Determine the temperature at which the liquid in the tank is completely vaporized. Also show the process on a T-v diagram with respect to saturation lines.

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The solution determines the temperature at which the liquid in the tank is completely vaporized.

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By heating the wet steam at constant volume, one will be reached the saturation state (2) ...

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