Ideally, when a thermometer is used to measure the temperature of an object, the temperature of the

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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°), and a temperature of 12.0°C. It is immersed in 119 g of water, and the final temperature of the water and thermometer is 41.5°C. What was the temperature of the water before the insertion of the thermometer?

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Physics

ISBN: 978-0470879528

9th edition

Authors: John D. Cutnell, Kenneth W. Johnson

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