An object with a mass of 1 kg1kg, temperature of 320 ^oC320oC, and a specific heat of 15 J/(kg*K)15JkgK is dropped into a container with 16 L 16L of water at 0^oC 0oC. Does the water evaporate? If not, by how much does the water's temperature change?

1 Answer
Jan 4, 2018

The water will not evaporate and the change in temperature is =0.07^@C=0.07C

Explanation:

The heat is transferred from the hot object to the cold water.

Let T=T= final temperature of the object and the water

For the cold water, Delta T_w=T-0=T

For the object DeltaT_o=320-T

m_o C_o (DeltaT_o) = m_w C_w (DeltaT_w)

The specific heat of water is C_w=4.186kJkg^-1K^-1

The specific heat of the object is C_o=0.015kJkg^-1K^-1

The mass of the object is m_0=1kg

The mass of the water is m_w=16kg

1*0.015*(320-T)=16*4.186*T

320-T=(16*4.186)/(1*0.015)*T

320-T=4465.1T

4466.1T=320

T=320/4466.1=0.07^@C

As T<100^@C, the water will not evaporate