Specific Heat Capacity and Specific Latent Heat
 

Specific Heat Capacity and Specific Latent Heat problem 59


A mercury-in-glass thermometer is to be used to measure the temperature of some oil. The oil has mass and specific heat capacity . The actual temperature of the oil is . The bulb of the thermometer has mass and an average specific heat capacity of . Before immersing the bulb in the oil, the thermometer reads . The thermometer bulb is placed in the oil and the steady reading on the thermometer is taken. Determine


  • the steady temperature recorded on the thermometer


  • the ratio .



 

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