You put an aluminum pot full of water onto the hot electric element on the top o

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You put an aluminum pot full of water onto the hot electric element on the top of the stove. After a time the water is boiling furiously. Consider the bottom of your aluminum pot. The top surface is against the hot water, and the bottom surface is in contact with the electric heating element. The temperature of the
top surface is greater than 100 C and the bottom surface is at an even higher temperature.


top and bottom surfaces are exactly 100 C.
the top surface is 100 C and the bottom surface is higher than 100 C.
top and bottom surfaces have the same temperature which is higher than 100 C.

Explanation / Answer

the top surface is 100 C and the bottom surface is higher than 100 C.

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