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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the relationship between force, velocity, specific heat, and mass in calculating the change in temperature. Participants explore the theoretical and practical implications of these parameters in the context of physics, particularly in relation to mechanical work and heat transfer.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant suggests that the parameters could relate through the mechanical work done and the resulting heating effect, referencing Joule's work on the mechanical equivalent of heat.
  • Another participant emphasizes the importance of understanding the context and specifics of the parameters, questioning their relevance without a clear description of the system involved.
  • There is a call for clarification on the actual problem being addressed, highlighting that the relationship between the parameters depends on the details of the situation.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus; there are competing views on how to approach the problem and the necessity of context in applying the parameters to calculate temperature change.

Contextual Notes

Participants note that the lack of specific details about the parameters and the system limits the ability to derive a meaningful relationship or calculation.

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Hallo Friends,

I have a parameters force,velocity, specific heat, & mass. Is there any relation to calcullate change in temperature using above parameters??
 
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kaushik939 said:
Hallo Friends,

I have a parameters force,velocity, specific heat, & mass. Is there any relation to calcullate change in temperature using above parameters??

Hi and welcome

Your question is a bit too 'open' for a specific answer but, amongst those quantities, you have the possibility of knowing the mechanical Work done and working out the resulting Heating Effect. It sounds very much like Joule's original work on 'The Mechanical Equivalent of Heat'. We don't actually use that term nowadays but the figure 4.2J/cal still applies.
 
As stated above, you're most likely looking for the Work / Heat relationship.
 
kaushik939 said:
Hallo Friends,

I have a parameters force,velocity, specific heat, & mass. Is there any relation to calcullate change in temperature using above parameters??

Hi, kaushik939

This is a really (really) bad way of "doing" physics. I suppose you picked up all the parameters from a given problem, thinking that the description o what is it all about is irrelevant. But the description of the system and phenomena is the most important think or understanding and solving the problem. The relationship between the parameters will esentially depend on what is going on.
You did not even specify velocity of what, heat capacity of what else, etc.
Are these parameters of the same object?
Think about it, it may be the velocity of the moon, the specific heat capacity of water, mass of your laptop, etc. Can you calculate the change in the temperature of a medium size coffee cup in 2 minutes from this data? This is maybe a quite extreme example, but I hope you understand that the details matter.

So to cut it short, can you write down the actual problem?
 

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