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Hello PF. I am an undergraduate in physics doing some work in a research lab at school and I need some help with a time-constant calorimetry experiment I am working on.
I am attempting to compute the temperature as a function of time of a small sample of copper that I am heating. I am modeling the setup as if the sample, the heater, and the thermometer are all in perfect thermal equilibrium (infinite thermal conductance between all three) and some thermal resistance R to a constant temperature reservoir to which heat is lost.
I have come up with the following differential equation to describe this situation:
d/dt(Q) = C*d/dt(T) + R(T-Ts) where Q is the heat added, T is the temp of the sample/thermometer, R is the thermal resistance between the sample and the reservoir and Ts is the temp of the reservoir.
I am hoping that someone can help me determine if the above is correct and if so give me some pointers on how to solve this diff-eq. I believe this is a linear coupled system and I don't know where to start. I really appreciate the help!
I am attempting to compute the temperature as a function of time of a small sample of copper that I am heating. I am modeling the setup as if the sample, the heater, and the thermometer are all in perfect thermal equilibrium (infinite thermal conductance between all three) and some thermal resistance R to a constant temperature reservoir to which heat is lost.
I have come up with the following differential equation to describe this situation:
d/dt(Q) = C*d/dt(T) + R(T-Ts) where Q is the heat added, T is the temp of the sample/thermometer, R is the thermal resistance between the sample and the reservoir and Ts is the temp of the reservoir.
I am hoping that someone can help me determine if the above is correct and if so give me some pointers on how to solve this diff-eq. I believe this is a linear coupled system and I don't know where to start. I really appreciate the help!