If a penny was made of pure copper (of course it really is not), and weighed 2.35 g, how much heat would it take to melt the penny? Assume you start out at a room temperature of 20.0 °C. You will need to look up the relevant material parameters in

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Copper Conductivities 

W/(m.k) = 385

Kcal/m.s.c= 9.20*10^-2

Btu.in/(ft^2.h.f) = 2670

If a penny was made of pure copper (of course it really is not), and weighed 2.35 g,
how much heat would it take to melt the penny? Assume you start out at a room
temperature of 20.0 °C. You will need to look up the relevant material parameters in
Ch. 23 of your textbook.
Transcribed Image Text:If a penny was made of pure copper (of course it really is not), and weighed 2.35 g, how much heat would it take to melt the penny? Assume you start out at a room temperature of 20.0 °C. You will need to look up the relevant material parameters in Ch. 23 of your textbook.
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