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Liquid nitrogen boils at a chilly -195.8 degrees celsius when the pressure is one atmosphere. A silver coin of mass 1.5 x 10^-2 kg and temperature 25 degrees celsius is dropped into the boiling liquid. What mass of nitrogen boils off as the coin cools to -195.8 degrees celsius?

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This solution shows step-by-step calculations to determine the mass of nitrogen boils off when the coil cools down using the variables: heat lost by silver coin, specific latent heat of vaporisation, mass of nitrogen, and heat absorbed by nitrogen.

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Heat lost by silver coin = mct
= 1.5x 10^-2 x c x {25 - (-195.8)}
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