Class 11 Physics simulations · Thermal Properties of Matter

Heating with specific heat

Add heat to a substance and compute its temperature rise.

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What to notice

Water needs far more heat than metals for the same temperature rise.

Key relation

Q = mcΔT

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Compare water with iron for the same heat input.

What you can change

• Mass: 0.1 to 3 kg
• Heat added: 1 to 200 kJ
• Material: choose Water, Aluminium, Copper, Iron

More in Thermal Properties of Matter

• Bimetallic strip
• Mixing hot and cold water
• Thermal expansion
• Steady heat conduction
• Heating curve: ice to steam
• Newton’s law of cooling
• Net thermal radiation
• Anomalous expansion of water

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