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Question
Ice cream appears colder to the mouth than water at 0°C. Give a reason.
Solution
Ice cream appears colder to mouth than water at 0°C because it can extract approximately 80 cal/g (latent heat of fusion of ice)more heat from as compared to water at 0°C.
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