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SPECIMEN VII
Reaching equilibrium
Set each object, then let them touch. Watch heat flow until the temperatures meet.
Object A
Object B
equilibrium
Equilibrium temp
50°C
Heat transferred Q
60
Q = c ΔT. Here c is the heat capacity: the heat an object holds per degree. One side loses exactly what the other gains.
Raise one object's heat capacity and the meeting point moves toward it.