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Nostrana [21]
3 years ago
10

How is heat converted into work in a steam engine?

Physics
1 answer:
Dmitry_Shevchenko [17]3 years ago
8 0
In an extremely simplified explanation,
What happens is that the steam (heat) that is generated by the burning of coal is used to rotate the motor of the steam engine.
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