HEAT

Heat exchange
Newton Cooling System

Newton Cooling System

Experiment objective

 To observe the cooling process of hot

water in metal container.
 To study the newton cooling process of
hot water inside the container.

If a container is filled with hot water with

temperature T placed in a room with lower
temperature (Troom) thus a transfer of heat
from the container to the surrounding will
occur. Slowly, the water inside the
container will cool itself until its
Basic Principle temperature is equal with the room
temperature.

Isaac Newton created a model of this

cooling process by assuming that the rate of
energy exchange from one medium to the
other is proportionalto the temperature
difference between those 2 mediums (∆T)
and the rate of the cooling process change
exponentially towards time.

=( − ) + [K] (1)

To as the initial temperature (K) and k is the

cooling rate constant (K-1).

In this experiment, small amount of hot

Fig.1. a) Black metal container, b) White, and c)
metallic
water is needed to shorten the cooling
process. Three metal containers with three
different colors (black, white and metallic)
are needed to compare the heat exchange
process on different color containers.
Equipment 3. Explain whether the newton cooling
3 Metal containers (black, white, and system law is applied on the heating
metallic) process!
3 Glass thermometer 4. If we want to speed up the process of a
1 Stopwatch
drinking can (at room temperature)
1 Beaker glass
1 Heater inside the refrigerator, will it be better
1 Vernier caliper to place it in a freezer or chiller? How is
the effect, explain!
5. Which one has greater rate of cooling
Experiment procedure process, a hot glass placed inside a
warm oven or a hot glass placed inside
1. Prepare three metal containers with 3
a cold room? Or whether both have
different colors (black, white and
equal rate of cooling process?
metallic) with its lid.
2. Measure the room temperature. Data Analysis and Evaluation
3. Heat the water inside the beaker glass
using heater until it boils. 1. Draw a T temperaturevst time graph!
4. Pour the hot water into the three Include all three containers in one
containers with height 1 cm from the plane.
container’s surface using the vernier 2. Make alnTvst graph! Include all three
caliper. containers in one plane;find the
5. Cover all three containers with its lids gradient of each graph!
and put a thermometer inside the 3. Calculate the constant k and compare k
container without touching the from each color!
container’s surface. 4. Analyze and conclude this experiment!
6. Record the temperature when it
reaches the maximum temperature for
all three containers.
7. Record the time needed for each1oC
temperature decrease until 30oC
temperature decreasing in total.
8. After it finished, throw the hot water
out.
9. Repeat the same procedure with the
height of 3cm from the container’s
surface.

Questions

1. State the zero thermodynamic law!

2. Determine how the colors of container
affect the decreasing of hot water
temperature!