15. Newtons’s law of Cooling.

This law states that the rate of change in the

temperature T(t) of a body is proportional to the difference between the temperature of the

medium M(t) and the temperature of the body. That is dT/dt=K(M(t)-T(t))

Where K is a constant. Let k=1/min and the temperature of the medium be constant,

M(t)= 70˚. If the body is initially at 100˚, use Euler’s method with h = 0.1 to approximate

the temperature of the body after 1 minute.

f(T,t)= K(M(t)-T(t)) T= T0 + hf(T,t) .1n=1.0 n=10 steps

t T
0 100 T= 100 + (.1)( 70-100)=97
.1 97 T= 97 + (.1)( 70 - 97)=94.3
.2 94.3 T= 94.3 + (.1)( 70 – 94.3)=91.87
.3 91.87 T= 91.87 + (.1)( 70 -91.87)=89.683
.4 89.683 T= 89.683+ (.1)( 70 -89.683)=87.7147
.5 87.7147 T= 87.7147+ (.1)( 70 -87.7147)=85.94323
.6 85.94323 T= 85.94323+ (.1)( 70 -85.94323)= 84.2489
.7 84.2489 T= 84.2489+ (.1)( 70 -84.2489)= 82.9140
.8 82.9140 T= 82.9140+ (.1)( 70 -82.9140)= 81.6226
.9 81.6226 T= 81.6226+ (.1)( 70 - 81.6226)= 80.4604
1.0 80.4604 Therefore at 1 minute the temperature is approximately 80.46˚

This can be interpreted in the situation of water initially at 100˚ C which is left in a
compartment where the temperature is 70˚C. After 1 minute if the temperature of the water
is measured, the thermometer should read approximately 80˚C. The accuracy of the result
is increased under controlled laboratorial procedures, the use of precise instrumentation and
the step size used in the theoretical calculated value.

The following graph shows the relation between temperature and time with the
values obtained from the preceding calculations.