When somebody puts acetone (nail polish remover) on our hand, we experience a cooling sensation. Why?

Freezing of petrol on your hand.

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Evaporation of petrol.

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Boiling of petrol over your hand.

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Melting of petrol on your hand.

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Solution

The correct option is B
Evaporation of petrol.

Evaporation causes cooling. The particles of a substance while evaporating consumes heat energy from its surroundings and converts into vapour. Acetone has a low boiling point of $56^{\circ}$ $C$ . So, when we put acetone in our hand, it evaporates by absorbing heat from the hand easily. Therefore, we feel cold.

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