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PS - CH 06 - Thermo

The document discusses various concepts related to temperature, heat transfer, and thermal energy, including Charles' Law and specific heat capacities. It poses several class questions to engage students in understanding the principles of thermal energy and its measurement. Additionally, it touches on practical applications such as thermal expansion and the behavior of materials at different temperatures.

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PS - CH 06 - Thermo

The document discusses various concepts related to temperature, heat transfer, and thermal energy, including Charles' Law and specific heat capacities. It poses several class questions to engage students in understanding the principles of thermal energy and its measurement. Additionally, it touches on practical applications such as thermal expansion and the behavior of materials at different temperatures.

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What’s The Difference?

Charles’ Law

Absolute zero
-273.15ºC = 0 K

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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Example
• Body temperature is nominally 37ºC. What is this in Kelvins?

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Class Question: In your room is a table, chair, and


you. Which of these has a temperature normally
greater than the temperature of the air in the
room?

a) Table.
b) Chair.
c) You.
d) All have about the same temperature.

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Temperature Difference and Energy Transfer

OpenStax Chemistry 2e

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Class Question: Heat is simply another word for

a) temperature.
b) thermal energy.
c) thermal energy that flows from hot to cold.
d) radiant energy.

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Joule
Experiment

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Class Question: If a red hot thumbtack is immersed in warm water,


the direction of heat flow will be from the

a) warm water to the red hot thumbtack.


b) red hot thumbtack to the warm water.
c) no heat flow.
d) Not enough information.

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Measuring
Thermal Energy

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Change in Thermal Energy


• A piece of unknown substance weighs 44.7 g and requires 2110 J
to increase its temperature from 23.2 °C to 89.6 °C. What is the
specific heat of the substance?

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Class Question: Aluminum has a specific heat capacity more than


twice that of copper. If equal amounts of heat are given to equal
masses of aluminum and copper, the metal that increases more in
temperature is

a) aluminum.
b) copper.
c) neither—actually, both will increase at the same
rate.
d) None of the above.

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Values of Specific Heat Capacities

Zitzewitz et al, Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems

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Minimum Temperature Across the US

Minimum Maximum

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Thermal Expansion

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Class Question

When stringing telephone lines between poles in the summer, it is advisable to


allow the lines to
A. sag.
B. be taut.
C. be close to the ground.
D. allow ample space for birds.

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Expansion of Water

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Marine Life in the Arctic

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