physics Heat question..?
A king decreed that there be made 3 equally massive coffe Mugs. one made of gold for him, one of iron for the army chief, one of aluminum for the court jester. The king always complains that his coffe is too hot while the jester complains his is too cold. Can you think of an explanation for this? The mugs hold equal vol. of Coffee.
my answer (not sure): specific heat of aluminum is 0.22, iron is 0,107, gold is 0.030 (not sure about it)…so the coffee of the king is too hot bec. gold has the least specific heat, while aluminum has the greatest among the three…. so what exactly is specific heat and how does this affect the temperature of the coffee?
specific heat is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a substance by 1 degree celsius. so the substance with more specific heat will take more heat from surroundings and thus it will make the surroundings cooler. so the tea in aluminum cup will cool faster as its specific heat is more and tea in gold cup will cool slowly as its specific heat is less
additional info :— water`s specific heat is the highest, so ,it is used as coolant
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