To measure the temperature of a furnace, a platinum ball of mass 80 g is kept inside it. When the ball attains the temperature of the furnace, it is dropped into water at 15^(@)C in a container. The amount of water in it and its water equivalent together is 400 g. Find the temperature of the furnace. Specific heat of platinum ="0.0365 cal . g"^(-1).^(@)C.

To measure the temperature of a furnace, a platinum ball of mass 80 g

1.	To measure the temperature of a furnace, a platinum ball of mass 80 g is kept inside it. When the ball attains the temperature of the furnace, it is dropped into water at 15^(@)C in a container. The amount of water in it and its water equivalent together is 400 g. Find the temperature of the furnace. Specific heat of platinum ="0.0365 cal . g"^(-1).^(@)C.
Answer» SOLUTION :`704.9^(@)C`