{"id":796,"date":"2019-06-17T19:22:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T19:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/louisville-wm-physics\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=796"},"modified":"2019-10-31T14:18:51","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T14:18:51","slug":"why-it-matters-calorimetry-problems","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/louisville-wm-physics\/chapter\/why-it-matters-calorimetry-problems\/","title":{"raw":"Why It Matters:  Calorimetry Problems","rendered":"Why It Matters:  Calorimetry Problems"},"content":{"raw":"So, what happens when we mix hot stuff and cold stuff and place them in an environment where they can only exchange energy with each other and not with the outside world?\u00a0 We know energy will flow as heat from the hotter material to the colder material until they reach the same final temperature.\u00a0 For both substances, there are typically two kinds of processes which each material may undergo.\u00a0 As energy is 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change.\u00a0 This is known as a specific heat process.\u00a0 However, if the temperature of the substance remains the same as it takes in or releases energy as heat, but the phase of the substance changes, this is known as a latent heat process.\u00a0 Keeping track of the energy transfers that occur when ice and water are combined in a thermos will let us determine the final state of the system.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-796\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Why It Matters:  Calorimetry Problems. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Raymond Chastain. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: University of Louisville, Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" 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