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    Newton's Law Of Cooling - Practice Questions & MCQ

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    Two identical beakers A and B contain equal volumes of two different liquids at $60^{\circ} \mathrm{C}$ each and are left to cool down. The liquid in A has a density of $8 \times 10^2 \mathrm{~kg} / \mathrm{m}^3$ and specific heat of $2000 \mathrm{~J} \mathrm{~kg}^{-1} \mathrm{~K}^{-1}$ while the liquid in B has a density of $10^3 \mathrm{~kg} \mathrm{~m}^{-3}$ and specific heat of $4000 \mathrm{~J} \mathrm{~kg}^{-1} \mathrm{~K}^{-1}$ which of the following best describes their temperature versus time graph schematically? (assume the emissivity of both the beakers to be the same)

    A liquid in a beaker has temperature $\Theta(t)$ at time $t$ and $\Theta_0$ is the temperature of surroundings, then according to Newton's law of cooling the correct graph between $\log _e\left(\Theta-\Theta_0\right)$ and t is :

    According to Newton's law of cooling, the rate of cooling of a body is proportional to $(\Delta \Theta)^n$, where $\Delta \Theta$ is the difference of the temperature of the body and the surroundings and $n$ is equal to

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    The curve between temperature of body and time indicates that temperature 

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    Newton's law of cooling
    Variation of curves for Newton's Law of Cooling

    According to Newton's Law of Cooling   

    $$
    \frac{d \theta}{d t} \alpha\left(\theta-\theta_0\right)
    $$

    or we can say that $\frac{d \theta}{d t}=k\left(\theta-\theta_0\right)$
    where
    k is the proportionality constant

    $$
    R=\frac{d \theta}{d t}=\text { Rate of cooling }
    $$

    $\theta=$ Temperature of the body
    $\theta_0=$ Temperature of the surrounding
    Using the above formula we can plot various curves
    1.The curve between $\log \left(\theta-\theta_0\right)$ Vs time $(t)$

    As $\log _e\left(\theta-\theta_0\right)=-k t+c$

    So the graph will be 

     

     

    2. The curve between Temperature of body and time i.e $\theta$ Vs $t$ As $\theta-\theta_0=A e^{-k_t}$

    So the graph will be 

     

    3. The curve between rate of Cooling and body temperature I.e $R=\frac{d \theta}{d t}$ vs $\theta$

    $$
    R=\frac{d \theta}{d t}=K\left(\theta-\theta_0\right)=K \theta-K \theta_0
    $$
     

    So the graph will be 

     

    4. The curve between the Rate of Cooling (R) and the Temperature difference between body and Surrounding 

    $\begin{aligned} & \quad R=\frac{d \theta}{d t} \quad \text { Vs } \quad\left(\theta-\theta_0\right) \\ & \text {As } \quad R \propto \left(\theta-\theta_0\right)\end{aligned}$

    So the graph will be 

     

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    Variation of curves for Newton's Law of Cooling

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