Isabelle pour 158cm^3 of glycerin, at a temperature of -12 °C, into a graduated cylinder initially at 19 °C, filling it to the very top. The cylinder is made of glass with a specific heat of 840 J/kg-K and a coefficient of volume expansion of 1.2 x10^−5 K^−1 ; its mass is 0.110kg. The mass of the glycerin is 0.0873 kg. How much glycerin will overflow the cylinder before thermal equilibrium is reached?

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Isabelle pour 158cm^3 of glycerin, at a temperature of -12 °C, into a graduated cylinder initially at 19 °C, filling it to the very top. The cylinder is made of glass with a specific heat of 840 J/kg-K and a coefficient of volume expansion of 1.2 x10^−5 K^−1
; its mass is 0.110kg. The mass of the glycerin is 0.0873 kg. How much glycerin will overflow the cylinder before thermal equilibrium is reached?

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