By crushing the salt, you are performing a physical change because you aren't altering the chemical makeup of the salt, just the physical form. Hope this helps! :)
'cause alphe-particle which was +ve charge, get repulsion from the atom, so he deducted that.......
Did u mean mass of potassium nitrate or the mass of nitrogen in potassium nitrate
Answer:
The specific heat of the alloy 
Explanation:
Mass of an alloy
= 25 gm
Initial temperature
= 100°c = 373 K
Mass of water
= 90 gm
Initial temperature of water
= 25.32 °c = 298.32 K
Final temperature
= 27.18 °c = 300.18 K
From energy balance equation
Heat lost by alloy = Heat gain by water
[
-
] =
(
-
)
25 ×
× ( 373 - 300.18 ) = 90 × 4.2 (300.18 - 298.32)

This is the specific heat of the alloy.
Explanation:
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