Subject Code PHY 3 PHYSICS 3

Module Code 4.0 Consequences of Heat Transfer

Lesson ​Code 4.4 Calorimetry Problems
Time Frame 30 minutes

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Components Tasks
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Target By the end of this learning guide, the student should be able 1
to:
● formulate and manipulate equations in solving
calorimetry problems; and
● realize how heat transfer affects an object.
Hook These problems are not meant to add up to all the 1
problems you are currently facing.

There are also exercise problems from the Physics 3

Learning Resource Package.
Ignite Equations you may need in solving the following problems are: 1

Q = mc∆T = mc (T f − T i ) [eqn 1 ]

Q = mL [eqn 2 ]

Equation 1 solves for the heat required to change the

temperature of a substance of mass m from an initial value T​i to
​
T​f​.

Equation 2 will give you the heat needed to change the phase or
state of a substance (that is, solid or liquid or gas).
Navigate Answer the following questions on a sheet of paper. Please 26
consult your teacher on guidelines of submission. All items will
be graded.

1. (Level 1&2) Objects A and B in Figure 1 are made from

copper, but the mass of object B is three times the mass of
object A. Object C is made from glass and has the same
mass as object B. The ​same amount o​ f heat ​Q ​is supplied
to each one: ​Q ​= 14 J. Determine the rise in temperature
for each. Which object, A or B, experiences the greater
rise in temperature? Which object, B or C, experiences the
greater rise in temperature? The specific heat capacities of
copper and glass are 387 and 840 J/(kg C​o​), respectively.
(Cutnell, 2012)

1
Time allocation suggested by the teacher.
2
Actual time allocation spent by the student (for information purposes only).

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 Figure 1​. Which block has the greatest change in temperature
when the same heat is supplied to each? (Cutnell, 2012)

2. (Level 1&2) Which of the following cases (if any)

requires the greatest amount of heat? In each case the
material is the same. ​(Cutnell, 2012)
(a) 1.5 kg of the material is to be heated by 7.0 C​o​.
(b) 3.0 kg of the material is to be heated by 3.5 C​o​.
(c) 0.50 kg of the material is to be heated by 21 C​o​.
(d) 0.75 kg of the material is to be heated by 14 C​o​.
(e) The amount of heat required is the same in each of
the four previous cases.

3. (Level 1&2) The following three hot samples have the

same temperature. The same amount of heat is removed
from each sample. Which one experiences the smallest
drop in temperature, and which one experiences the
largest drop? ​(Cutnell, 2012)
a. Sample A. 4.0 kg of water [​c ​= 4186 J/(kg /C​o​)]
b. Sample B. 2.0 kg of oil [​c ​= 2700 J/(kg /C​o​)]
c. Sample C. 9.0 kg of dirt [​c ​= 1050 J/(kg /C​o​)]

4. (Level 1&2) The latent heat of fusion for water is 33.5 x

10​4 J/kg, while the latent heat of vaporization is 22.6 x 10​5
J/kg. What mass ​m ​of water must be frozen in order to
release the amount of heat that 1.00 kg of steam releases
when it condenses? ​(Cutnell, 2012)

5. (Level 1&2) Ideally, when a thermometer is used to

measure the temperature of an object, the temperature of
the object itself should not change. However, if a
significant amount of heat flows from the object to the
thermometer, the temperature will change. A thermometer
has a mass of 31.0 g, a specific heat capacity of ​c ​= 815
J/(kg C​o​), and a temperature of 12.0 o​​ C. It is immersed in
119 g of water, and the final temperature of the water and
thermometer is 41.5 o​​ C. What was the temperature of the
water before the insertion of the thermometer? ​(Cutnell,
2012)

6. (Level 1&2) A geologist working in the field drinks her

morning coffee out of an aluminium cup. The cup has a

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 mass of 0.120 kg and is initially at 20.0 o​​ C when she pours
in 0.300 kg of coffee initially at 70.0 o​​ C. What is the final
temperature after the coffee and the cup attain thermal
equilibrium? The specific heat of aluminum is 900 J/(kg
C​o​). (Assume that the coffee has the same specific heat as
water and that there is no heat exchange with the
surroundings.) Is the final temperature closer to the
coffee’s or cup’s? Which substance loses heat, coffee or
cup? ​(Young and Freedman, 2016)

7. (Level 1&2) A physics student wants to cool 0.25 kg of

soda (mostly water), initially at 25 o​​ C, by adding ice
initially at -20 o​​ C. How much ice should she add so that
the final temperature will be 0 o​​ C with all the ice melted if
the heat capacity of the container may be neglected? The
specific heat of ice is 2100 J/(kg C​o​). ​(Young and
Freedman, 2016)

8. (Level 2) A heavy copper pot of mass 2.0 kg (including

copper lid) is at a temperature of 150 o​​ C. You pour 0.10
kg of water at 25 o​​ C into the pot, then quickly close the lid
of the pot so that no steam can escape. Find the final
temperature of the pot and its contents, and determine the
final phase (liquid or steam) of the water. In the case of
the final phase being a mixture of liquid and steam,
calculate the mass of steam. Assume that no heat is lost to
the surroundings. The specific heat of copper is 386 J/(kg
C​o​) and the latent heat of vaporization of water is 2.256 x
10​6 ​J/kg. ​(Young and Freedman, 2016)

9. (Level 2) In a particular gasoline camp stove, 30% of the

energy released in burning the fuel actually goes to
heating the water in the pot on the stove. If we heat 1.00 L
(1.00 kg) of water from 20 o​​ C to 100 o​​ C and boil 0.25 kg
of it away, how much gasoline do we burn in the process?
(other given: L​v,water =
​ 2.256 x 10​6 J/kg, c​water = 4190
J/kg·K) Complete combustion of 1 gram of gasoline
produces about 46000 J or about 11,000 cal, so heat of
combustion L​c of gasoline is 46000 J/g. ​(Young and
Freedman, 2016)
Knot In order to change the phase or state of a material, there is a 1
need to overcome the latent heat within, and it depends on the
substance. Also, in order to raise the temperature of a material,
the energy required depends on the specific heat of the
substance it is made of.

These problem exercises are means to quantify or give values to

the heat required and temperature differences a material
undergoes during heat transfer.

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References:
1. Cutnell, John D. and Johnson, Kenneth W. (2012). ​Physics 9th ed​. United States of America:
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
2. Halliday, D., Resnick, R., & Walker, J. (2014). ​Halliday and Resnick Fundamentals of
Physics.​ Hoboken: Wiley.
3. Serway, R. A., & Jewett, J. W. (2014). ​Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern
Physics.​ Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
4. Young, H. D., Freedman, R. A., & Ford, A. L. (2016). ​Sears and Zemansky’s University
Physics: With Modern Physics​. Harlow: Pearson.

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