Fig. 4.1 shows iron particles at an instant while the iron is a solid below its melting point.
(a)(i)State the lowest possible temperature on the Celsius scale and on the Kelvin scale.
Fig. 4.1 shows iron particles at an instant while the iron is a solid below its melting point.
(a)(i)State the lowest possible temperature on the Celsius scale and on the Kelvin scale.
(a)(ii)The solid iron warms but remains solid. Describe how the motion of its particles changes.
(a)(iii)The solid iron melts. State what happens to its internal energy and temperature during melting.
(b)(i)A 300 g iron piece at 100 °C is placed into 100 g of water at 25 °C; both reach 44 °C. Water has specific heat capacity 4.2 J/(g °C), with no energy lost. Calculate the increase in the water’s internal energy.
(b)(ii)Using the same 300 g iron, 100 g water and 44 °C final temperature, calculate the specific heat capacity of iron in J/(g °C).
5054/22/M/J/23Cambridge O Level Physics 5054 · May/June 2023 · Paper 2 variant 2 · Question 4