(a) It is difficult to extinguish a fire on a crude oil tanker, because each liter of...

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(a) It is difficult to extinguish a fire on a crude oil tanker, because each liter of crude oil releases 2.80 x 107 J of energy when burned. To illustrate this difficulty, calculate the number of liters of water that must be expended to absorb the energy released by burning 1.00 L of crude oil, if the water has its temperature raised from 20.0°C to 100°C, it boils, and the resulting steam is raised to 300°C. 

(b) Discuss additional complications caused by the fact that crude oil has a smaller density than water.

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