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Why does a piece of steel heat up more than an equal mass of plastic when both absorb the same energy?
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Steel is more conductive than plastic is. The reason for this is that iron is more reactive than plastics are as they have valence electrons and plastic does not.
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Why does a piece of steel heat up more than equal mass of plastic when both absorb the same energy?
Steel is more conductive than plastic is. The reason for this is that iron is more reactive than plastics are as they have valence electrons and plastic does not.
Why does a piece of steel heat up more than equal mass of plastic when both absorb same energy?
Steel is more conductive than plastic is. The reason for this is that iron is more reactive than plastics are as they have valence electrons and plastic does not.
Why does a piece of steel heat up more than an equal mass of plastic when both absorb the same heat?
Steel has a heat capacity of about 0.49 kJ/kg/°C. Solid plastics have a heat capacity of about 1.67 kJ/kg/°C. It thus takes more energy to warm plastic 1 °C than to warm steel 1 °C. As to why steel has a higher heat capacity than plastic... It may be because plastics have more ability to absorb energy into the vibrational modes of the atoms in the long polymer chains than steel does in its fairly fixed crystaline/metal structure.
How thick is a 16 mil plastic?
A 16 mil piece of plastic is as thick as 0.04 centimeters. 16 mil would equal 0.016 inches. As you can see, this piece of plastic would not be very thick.
When placed in direct sunlight which object will absorb the most visible light energy?
a piece of clear glass.clear glass
Can metal absorb solar energy?
I suggest you place a piece of metal in the sunlight. If it gets warm or hot, that means that yes, it absorbed at least part of the incoming energy.
Does paper absorb heat?
Depending on the source of the heat energy: -A darker piece of paper would absorb more energy from light sources, then a white piece of paper. This is due to the fact that the white piece of paper would reflect most of the light energy, whereas the dark paper would absorb that energy. This light energy can then be converted into heat energy, leading the dark paper to have more heat energy then the white paper -Heat from a source such as hot water being poured on the paper, would not lead to any color related heat difference
Why a solid piece of plastic floats on water?
Because the density of this piece of plastic is under 1 g/cm3.
How does a piece of paper absorb water?
Because the paper is porous.
What happens if you replace a bulb in a circuit for a piece of plastic?
The plastic might burn.
What is it called when plastic is melted then molded into a long shape?
a long piece of plastic
What energy transformations occurring in a crumpling paper?
The paper can be uncrumpled. There was no chemical change that occurred, so its basic molecular structure is still the same.
