alleryStart learning →The bottoms of cooking vessels are often blackened with soot because black surfaces:
Aabsorb heat well
Breflect heat well
Cstay cold longer
Dresist all radiation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. absorb heat well
A black surface absorbs more of the radiant heat from the flame, so the vessel warms faster.
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