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Physics Boiling Water Question?

I can't figure out this question, could anybody help me figure out how to solve this? Thank you.A pot of hot water is boiling on your stoveThe pot is in the shape of a round cylinder made of aluminum which is 10 cm in radiusThe aluminum is 3 mm thickYou notice that after 20 minutes, 0.1 kg of water has boiled away.A) What is the temperature of the inner surface of the bottom of the pot?B) How much energy is required to boil away M kg of water?C) What is the difference in temperature between the inner and outer surfaces of the aluminum bottom of the pot?D) What is the change in entropy of the boiling water after boiling away 0.1 kg of water?

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HmmAssuming this is at standard pressure (sea level on Earth), then if the pot is open, water boils at 100C so that must be the temperature of the inner surfaceTh others I don't know without looking it up, but you can calculate the power from the time taken to evaporate 100gThat and the heat conductivity of aluminum will give you the temperature difference across the bottom, and hence the temperature of the outer surface.

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