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General Aim of specific heat simulation

Determination of specific heat capacity of different materials through a simulation understanding specific heat.

Method of Specific Heat Virtual Lab

Mixtures method in guided specific heat of solid lab.

Theoretical Background / Context

• When a heat interchange takes place between two bodies initially at different temperatures, the quantity of heat lost by the warm body is equal to that gained by the cool body, and some intermediate equilibrium temperature is finally reached.  
• This is true provided that no heat is gained from or lost to the surroundings. 
• In this case, we can apply the principle of conservation energy

Heat lost by hot body = heat gained by the colder body

• From which we can easily calculate the specific heat capacity of the required solid material.

Principle Work of Specific Heat Virtual Lab

During the specific heat of solids experiment:

• Heating a solid to a higher temperature (approximately 95 C), then mix it with a certain quantity of water placed in a calorimeter of known material in the specific heat virtual lab.
• Recording the masses of the used water, calorimeter, and solid, and the initial and final temperatures, in the specific heat virtual lab, will be used to determine the specific heat of the used solid in the specific heat lab.