Physical Science 20 - April 8

Today in class we learned how to calculate the amount of heat required to change the temperature of a substance a certain amount.  This is dependant on the mass of the substance, the change in temperature and the specific heat of the substance.  We went through a couple of examples and students spent the remainder of class working on Assignment H1.  This was all covered on a new powerpoint called Measuring Quantities of Heat.  This is found in the Heat folder of the Physical Science 20 course notes link along the right hand side of this webpage.  We covered slides 1-10 today.  On Monday, we will look at how heat changes when we change phases.