A rock of mass 0.309 kg falls from rest from a height of 23.4 m into a pail containing 0.444 kg of water. The rock and water have the same initial temperature. The specific heat capacity of the rock is 1880 J/kg C°. Ignore the heat absorbed by the pail itself, and determine the rise in temperature of the rock and water in Celsius degrees.
Given data
Mass of the rock
Height
Potential energy stored on the rock
Specific heat capacity of the rock
Mass of water
Let the temperature rise
Heat absorbed by the water
According to law of conservation of energy the potential energy of the rock is transefered into heat energy
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