The water equivalent of a body, whose mass is 'm' g and specific heat is 's' cal $g^{- 1} C^{- 1}$ is given by ____________.

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Water equivalent of a body is the mass of water which would absorb or release the same amount of heat as is done by the body in rising or falling through the same range of temperature . And is given by ,
$w = m s / s_{w}$
If mass is 'm' $g$ and specific heat is 's' $c a l g^{- 1} C^{- 1}$ , then water equivalent will be ,
$w = m s$ $g$ (as $s_{w} = 1 c a l . / g -^{0} C)$

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