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Question 31
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An identical metal flask contains the same volume of hot water at the same starting temperature (90 ∘C90\ ^\circ\text{C}90 ∘C).

This flask has a polished, shiny silver outer surface, whereas the first flask had a matte black outer surface.

The cooling experiment is repeated with this polished flask, and a new curve is plotted on the same axes.

State how the new cooling curve would differ from the original curve shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Original cooling curve for the matte black flask.

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