Heat Capacity, Specific Heat, and Calorimetry

Explore how different materials absorb and release heat through experiments using coffee cups.

Next Generation Science Standards · High School

HS-PS3-4Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the transfer of thermal energy when two components of different temperature are combined within a closed system results in a more uniform energy distribution among the components in the system (second law of thermodynamics).

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Heat Capacity, Specific Heat, and Calorimetry

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