Physics Project(Heat

capacity)
This will be my physics project for this year
• What is a mechanical equivalent of heat?
The mechanical equivalent of heat is the precise amount of mechanical
work that has the same effect as the transfer of a given amount of thermal
energy.
• How many joules of mechanical work are there in one calorie?
1 cal=4.186 J 1 kcal=4186 J
• The SI unit for heat is Joules
Heat is positive when thermal energy is added to a system.
Heat is negative when thermal energy is removed from a system.
What is the temperature change of 1.00 kg of water if 505 J
of thermal energy is added
to it?
A 1.4-kg block of ice is at a temperature of -10 0 C. If 6200 J of thermal
energy is added to the
ice, what is its final temperature? (Solution: Solve the specific heat capacity for
the final temperature)
An orange is mostly water. Estimate the thermal energy required to warm a
0.20-kg orange from
15 °C to 22 °C.