Investigating the Impact of Heating a Substance on Room Temperature

[bnd_20191]

Homework Statement

Is there a relationship between the temperature of the substance and the initial room temperature? Make a conjecture.
Find a way of testing your conjecture in and present your results with a conclusion.

Relevant Equations

T(t)=Ce^(-kt)+T_a

Through the research that I conducted is that I wasn't able to find actual supporting answer to this question. I struggle with Physics and math and because of Coronavirus my school has shut down meaning I don't have access to my teachers or tutor. The main line that i am thinking is that if it is in a closed room when the substance cools it let's out energy and that energy is absorbed by the air meaning the air might get hotter in the room meaning that as it cools the room temperature increases.

The task is:
You are going to heat some substance. Record the room temperature before you start. Also record the name of the substance and its volume. Heat the substance to close to boiling point and take a temperature reading. Once heated, record the temperature of the substance every minutes for 60 minutes.

 

[mfb]

The main line that i am thinking is that if it is in a closed room when the substance cools it let's out energy and that energy is absorbed by the air meaning the air might get hotter in the room meaning that as it cools the room temperature increases.

You can neglect changes to the room temperature, and the question asks about the initial room temperature anyway.
How does that room temperature influence the temperature of your substance over time? Think of extreme examples: What if you do the experiment in an oven? What if you do it in Antarctica?

 

[bnd_20191]

You can neglect changes to the room temperature, and the question asks about the initial room temperature anyway.
How does that room temperature influence the temperature of your substance over time? Think of extreme examples: What if you do the experiment in an oven? What if you do it in Antarctica?

Ok, that kind of makes sense. As I actually need to test this out, would say doing the experiment again but this time I turn the heating on in my house on to say a temperature of 33 degrees Celsius and do the experiment again would that be a good way of exploring how initial room temperature might affect the temperature of the substance

 

[mfb]

I think the problem statement asks about an estimate before you do that experiment. After an hour of being exposed to the room temperature, how will the substance differ in an oven vs. Antarctica?

 

[bnd_20191]

I think the problem statement asks about an estimate before you do that experiment. After an hour of being exposed to the room temperature, how will the substance differ in an oven vs. Antarctica?

So I think if say the initial room temperature was increased like an oven, it would cool much slowly but if the experiment was done in the Antartica, it would cool much quicker.

 

[mfb]

Right.

 

[Lnewqban]

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The task is:
You are going to heat some substance. Record the room temperature before you start. Also record the name of the substance and its volume. Heat the substance to close to boiling point and take a temperature reading. Once heated, record the temperature of the substance every minutes for 60 minutes.

The boiling temperature is going to be a fixed value, regardless the ambient temperature of the room for each case.
The final temperature of the substance is going to be equal to the room temperature, after a necessary amount of time.
There will be a natural flow of energy from the boiled substance (higher level of energy) into the air surrounding it (lower level of energy).