An artist working on a piece of metal in his forging studio plunges the hot metal into oil in order to harden it. The metal piece has a mass of 70 kg and its specific heat is 0.1027 kcal/(kg · °C). He uses 810 kg of oil at 35°C. The specific heat of oil is 0.7167 kcal/(kg · °C). Once the metal is immersed in the oil, the temperature reaches an equilibrium value of 40°C. How hot was the forged metal piece just before he plunged it into the oil? °C
Energy transfer
The flow of energy from one region to another region is referred to as energy transfer. Since energy is quantitative; it must be transferred to a body or a material to work or to heat the system.
Molar Specific Heat
Heat capacity is the amount of heat energy absorbed or released by a chemical substance per the change in temperature of that substance. The change in heat is also called enthalpy. The SI unit of heat capacity is Joules per Kelvin, which is (J K-1)
Thermal Properties of Matter
Thermal energy is described as one of the form of heat energy which flows from one body of higher temperature to the other with the lower temperature when these two bodies are placed in contact to each other. Heat is described as the form of energy which is transferred between the two systems or in between the systems and their surrounding by the virtue of difference in temperature. Calorimetry is that branch of science which helps in measuring the changes which are taking place in the heat energy of a given body.
An artist working on a piece of metal in his forging studio plunges the hot metal into oil in order to harden it. The metal piece has a mass of 70 kg and its specific heat is 0.1027 kcal/(kg · °C). He uses 810 kg of oil at 35°C. The specific heat of oil is 0.7167 kcal/(kg · °C). Once the metal is immersed in the oil, the temperature reaches an equilibrium value of 40°C. How hot was the forged metal piece just before he plunged it into the oil?
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