5.27. Assertion: At high altitudes, liquids boil at lower temperatures in comparison to that at sea level.
Reason: At high altitudes atmospheric pressure is high.
5.27. Assertion: At high altitudes, liquids boil at lower temperatures in comparison to that at sea level.
Reason: At high altitudes atmospheric pressure is high.
5.27. (c) At high altitudes atmospheric pressure is low. Therefore, liquids at high altitudes boil at lower temperatures in comparison to that at sea level. Since water boils at low temperature on hills, the pressure cooker is used for cooking food. In hospitals surgical instruments are sterilized
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