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James Prescott Joule, after whom the unit of energy is named, wanted to prove that mechanical energy can be converted to thermal energy. To help him prove that,he created the setup as shown in the figure. 1kg of water is stored in an adiabatic container at 15∘C. A paddle connected to a mass of 15 kgs through massless and frictionless pulleys, is immersed into the water. At time t = 0s, the 15kg mass is allowed to fall. After 40s it was noticed that the mass had fallen by a height of 10 m and gained a velocity of 4 m/s. If Joule was successful in this experiment, what would be the temperature of the water at time t = 40s? |
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Answer» James Prescott Joule, after whom the unit of energy is named, wanted to prove that mechanical energy can be converted to thermal energy. To help him prove that,he created the setup as shown in the figure. 1kg of water is stored in an adiabatic container at 15∘C. A paddle connected to a mass of 15 kgs through massless and frictionless pulleys, is immersed into the water. At time t = 0s, the 15kg mass is allowed to fall. After 40s it was noticed that the mass had fallen by a height of 10 m and gained a velocity of 4 m/s. If Joule was successful in this experiment, what would be the temperature of the water at time t = 40s? |
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