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High Specific Heat (Water) — Properties & Examples

By Deena Hauze
The process of producing electricity from a light water reactor.

Boiling water nuclear reactor

By U.S.NRC. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Some nuclear reactors use water to control their temperature. What property of water makes it good for this purpose?

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Type a concept, like “slope” or “photosynthesis”.

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