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If you’ve ever burned yourself on a metal pot while waiting for water to boil, you know that water heats up much more slowly than metal. In fact, water has a stronger resistance to temperature change than most other substances. What property of water causes this?

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If you’ve ever burned yourself on a metal pot while waiting for water to boil, you know that water heats up much more slowly than metal. In fact, water has a stronger resistance to temperature change than most other substances. What property of water causes this
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