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Rate body temperature increases given rate of heat transfer?
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[QUOTE="CrashMaverick, post: 5449341, member: 591561"] [h2]Homework Statement [/h2] Suppose you walk into a sauna that has an ambient temperature of 57.0°C. Calculate the rate of heat transfer to you by radiation given your skin temperature is 37.0°C, the emissivity of skin is 0.95, and the surface area of your body is 1.60 m2. I solved this first part and found the answer to be 226W If all other forms of heat transfer are balanced (the net heat transfer is zero), at what rate will your body temperature increase (degC/s) if your mass is 68.0 kg? Note from instructor: You can take the specific heat of the human body as: c = 3500 J/kg*K [h2]Homework Equations[/h2] Q = mC(ΔT)? Not entirely sure where to start really m = mass C = specific heat ΔT = change in temperature [h2]The Attempt at a Solution[/h2] So if you multiple C by m and ΔT(in kelvin) you end up with units of Joules right? 1 joule / 1 sec = 1 watt, I figure there is something I can do there, but I'm not sure what. The thing that is throwing me off is the units of degrees Celsius per second. I've been staring at this problem for a couple hours and I'm sure I'm overlooking a very simple thing, any help is appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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