David Maloney's Physics Examples: Thermo Example 1-Specific Heat

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written by David P. Maloney

This item is an annotated homework problem relating to specific heat for introductory physics students. The author provides explicit
explanations of the steps required to find the final temperature of a material being heated, given the mass, initial temperature, specific heat, and amount of heat added. This resource is intended to supplement classroom instruction and traditional text materials. It is part of a larger collection of similar physics homework problems.

https://users.pfw.edu/maloney/thermoex1.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Thermo & Stat Mech - First Law = Heat Capacity - Thermal Properties of Matter = Temperature	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Problem/Problem Set = Tutorial

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: Does not have a copyright, license, or other use restriction.
Keywords:: heat, homework examples, homework problems, physics problems, specific heat, temperature
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created February 22, 2008 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: August 10, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: August 3, 2007
Other Collections:: The Physics Source

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