Cold Water Is Dependent On The Percentage Of Water Essay

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Dependence of temperature on the percentage of water mass

Introduction
I always add cold water to my coffee before I drink it, in order to cool it and so not burn my tongue. So I have always wondered how the cold water is able to drop the temperature of the hot water. Does the hot water really change even by adding small amount of cold water? Is the temperature of the hot water is dependent on the mass of the cold water? Therefore, in order to find the answers to these questions, I will experiment with different masses of cold and hot water, in order to examine whether the temperature is dependent on the mass (percentage) of water.
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The specific heat capacity of a substance is the energy …show more content…

The reason for this is because the hot water will lose heat to the cold water and so the cold water will increase in temperature.
While the water was heating, I measured the amount of the room temperature water used. The main aim for my experiment is to study how the mass has an effect on the temperature. Also, because I am finding the percentage, so the mixture of both quantities will add up to 100 liters of water. Therefore, the mass of both (hot and room temperature water) will vary every trial. However, both quantities will have the same mass when it is 50% of each.
So after mixing both quantities, the temperature was recorded quickly before it cooled. After the hot water was heated (I waited till the water was more than 100, because it drops very fast) I poured the hot water into a cup, I added the room temperature water, then I stirred it and measured the temperature of the mixture. Also, in order to record the most precise temperature, I would set the thermometer in the middle of the cup and not touching the sides or bottom of the cup and I would wait for it till it stabilized before recording the

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