Kettle · Estonian PhO 2015 #4

Physics · thermodynamics

Problem

A kettle with a heating power NN is filled with water. The area of the kettle’s spout is SS. What is the biggest speed of the water vapor exiting the kettle? Water’s enthalpy of vaporization is LL, the universal gas constant is RR, the air pressure is pp and the molar mass of water is μ\mu. The efficiency factor of the kettle without accounting for the heat losses is γ\gamma.

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