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  Take a test tube of good quality glass material and put a amount of water in it. Place a stop cork at the mouth of it. Now suspend the test tube horizontally by two strings or wires as shown in the figure. Heat the test tube with a burner until water vaporises and the cork blows out. Write any two of your observations.

Answer:

                    (i) Water converts into steam. (ii) Steam exects force on the cork and causes it to open.                                                             (1x2)