2/26 Heat Capacity and Temperature

In this part of our lab we had to predict what the metal would do when heated. One side was made of brass and the other of invar. We predicted that it would bend toward the invar side because of the fact that brass expands with less heat than invar does. 

 

In this part, we had to calculate the change in length of a metal rod when heated. We used a rotating sensor in order to measure the change in radians and then from there calculating the length change.

This is a graph of a cup of water being heated at a constant temperature. The graph shows how the rate decreases as it approaches boiling point.

These are calculations used to find the mass of an object that was heated.

Calculations used to find the final temperature. We had to use the heat capacity of water as a solid, heat of fusion, and heat capacity of water as a liquid.



This was a problem that asked how much water at 22 degrees Celsius must be added to a mass of ice in order for the ice to melt and the final temperature be 0 degrees Celsius. We used the heat capacity of ice and the heat of fusion as the ice melted.