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Track and visualize how energy flows and changes through your system. Explore how heating and cooling iron, brick, water, and olive oil adds or removes energy. See how energy is transferred between objects.
The Sun is the major source of light for the earth. The sun is a massive ball of fire, at the centre of which nuclear fusion produces massive energy. This energy comes out as heat and light.
The source of solar power is energy carried by the electromagnetic waves radiated by the Sun. Most of this energy is carried by visible light and infrared (heat) radiation.
We will follow this general procedure in this lab to measure the specific heat of an unknown substance and identify the substance by comparing the specific heat to a table of specific heats. A word of caution is appropriate here. We will use mercury-filled thermometers to measure temperatures.
The sun is a very essential source of renewable energy in our life. Our sun is a star i.e. its light is internally produced, it does not reflect the light of any other star or body. It is the basic source of heat and light for the entire living world and the source of energy for all ecosystems.
(The vis viva of matter in motion, thermometric heat, radiant heat, light, chemical action, and electric currents, are forms of actual energy; amongst those of potential energy are the mechanical powers of gravitation, elasticity, chemical affinity, statical electricity, and magnetism).
The equation for heat transfer Q is. Q = mcΔT, Q = m c Δ T, 11.7. where m is the mass of the substance and Δ T is the change in its temperature, in units of Celsius or Kelvin. The symbol c stands for specific heat, and depends on the material and phase.
