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  • Dec 10, 2009, 08:37 PM
    bob 321123
    How to find change in temperature
    If 50g of water and 50g of sand each absorb 200J of solar energy what will be the change in tempurature?
  • Dec 11, 2009, 05:17 AM
    Perito

    You'll have to look up the specific heat capacity of water and the specific heat capacity of sand.

    Specific heat capacity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    The specific heat capacity of water is approximately 4.1813 J/g K

    The specific heat capacity of sand is approximately 0.835 J/g K

    You know the number of Joules, and the number of grams, using the heat capacity and its definition, you can easily calculate the temperature change in Kelvins (Celsius since it's a delta-T).
  • Dec 11, 2009, 09:40 PM
    InfoJunkie4Life

    Sorry, I thought the math tags would work inside a rating.

  • Dec 11, 2009, 09:44 PM
    InfoJunkie4Life


    From now on, I will preview all of my math tag stuff.

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