THERMAL ENERGY-Specific heat capacity
1. In an experiment,the heater receives electrical power at 50W.The mass of
the metal block is 0.96kg.In 240 second the temperature rises 14 0c .
(a) Calculate the value for the specific heat capacity for the metal.
(b) Discuss whether your value is likely to be too high or too low.
2. An aluminium saucepan of mass 400g,containing 750g of water, is heated
on a gas hob.Howmuch energy would be required to bring the water from
a room temperature of 180C to the boil?
3. An electric kettle rated at 2.1kW contains 1.2 kg of water at 25 0C.Calculate
how log it will take for the water to come to the boil.Explain why it will
actually take loger than you have calculated.
4. A washing machine uses 15 litres of water in a hot-wash cycle in which the
machine is set to wash at 600C. 1.0 litre of water has a mass of 1.0 kg
Specific heat capacity of water = 4200 J kg1 K1
(a) On a particular day the inlet temperature of the water is 150C. Show that
the energy that must be supplied in order to bring the water to the correct
temperature is about 3 MJ.
(b) (i) The power of the heater is 2.5 kW. Calculate the minimum time it takes
for the water to be brought to the correct temperature.
(ii) State an assumption you made in your calculation.
(c) The washing machine is connected to a 230 V supply. What current is
drawn from the supply by the heater?
5. The heating element of an electric shower has a power of 6kW.
(a) The shower is operated from a 230V mains supply.
Calculate the resistance of the heating element.
(b) Water enters the shower at a temperature of 7.50C.Calculate the water
flow rate required to give an output temperature of 37.5 0C.
6. A car of mass 1600kg has four brake discs, each of mass 1.3kg.The discs
are made from an iron alloy of specific heat capacity 480J/kg/k.
(a) Calculate the rise in temperature of the discs when the car brakes
from a speed of 90km/ph to rest.
(b) State an assumption that you make.
(c) Explain the energy changes that have taken place
7. The heating element of a hair dryer supplies 2.1 kW to the air flowing past
it.
(a) The hair dryer is connected to a 230 V supply.
Calculate the minimum current in the heating element.
(b) The fan in the hair dryer blows air at 20C across the heating element
at a rate of 0.068 kg s1.
Calculate the temperature of the air emerging from the hair dryer.
specific heat capacity of air = 1.01 103 J kg1 K1
(c) Describe the energy changes that occur as air is blown past the
heating element.
THERMAL ENERGY- Specific heat capacity
1. In an experiment,the heater receives electrical power at 50W.The mass
of the metal block is 0.96kg.In 240 second the temperature rises 14 0c .
(a) Calculate the value for the specific heat capacity for the metal.
(b) Discuss whether your value is likely to be too high or too low.
2. An aluminium saucepan of mass 400g,containing 750g of water, is
heated on a gas hob.Howmuch energy would be required to bring the
water from a room temperature of 180C to the boil?
3. An electric kettle rated at 2.1kW contains 1.2 kg of water at
250C.Calculate how log it will take for the water to come to the
boil.Explain why it will actually take loger than you have calculated.
4. A washing machine uses 15 litres of water in a hot-wash cycle in which
the machine is set to wash at 600C. 1.0 litre of water has a mass of 1.0
kg
Specific heat capacity of water = 4200 J kg1 K1
(a) On a particular day the inlet temperature of the water is 15 0C. Show
that the energy that must be supplied in order to bring the water to
the correct temperature is about 3 MJ.
(b) (i) The power of the heater is 2.5 kW. Calculate the minimum time it
takes for the water to be brought to the correct temperature.
(ii) State an assumption you made in your calculation.
(c) The washing machine is connected to a 230 V supply. What current is
drawn from the supply by the heater?
5. The heating element of an electric shower has a power of 6kW.
(a) The shower is operated from a 230V mains supply.
Calculate the resistance of the heating element.
(b) Water enters the shower at a temperature of 7.5 0C.Calculate the
water flow rate required to give an output temperature of 37.5 0C.
6. A car of mass 1600kg has four brake discs, each of mass 1.3kg.The
discs are made from an iron alloy of specific heat capacity 480J/kg/k.
(a) Calculate the rise in temperature of the discs when the car brakes
from a speed of 90km/ph to rest.
(b) State an assumption that you make.
(c) Explain the energy changes that have taken place
7. The heating element of a hair dryer supplies 2.1 kW to the air flowing
past it.
(a) The hair dryer is connected to a 230 V supply.
Calculate the minimum current in the heating element.
(b) The fan in the hair dryer blows air at 20C across the heating element
at a rate of 0.068 kg s1.
Calculate the temperature of the air emerging from the hair dryer.
specific heat capacity of air = 1.01 103 J kg1 K1
(c) Describe the energy changes that occur as air is blown past the
heating element.