The 1.19 kg head of a hammer has a speed of 8.4 m/s just before it strikes a nail (Fig. 14-13) and is brought to rest. Estimate the temperature rise of a 13 g iron nail generated by twenty such hammer blows done in quick succession. Assume the nail absorbs all the energy.

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Answer:

The temperature rise is [tex]143.9\ K[/tex].

Explanation:

Given the mass of the hammer [tex](m)[/tex] is 1.19 kg.

And the speed of the hammer [tex](v)[/tex] is 8.4 m/s.

We need to find the temperature change of iron nail having 20 hammer blows.

First, we will find the kinetic energy of the each blow of hammer.

[tex]K.E=\frac{1}{2}mv^2[/tex]

[tex]K.E=\frac{1}{2}\times 1.19\times 8.4^2=41.99\ J[/tex]

For 20 such blows, the kinetic energy will be

[tex]20\times K.E=20\times 41.99=839.8\ J[/tex]

Let us assume that the nail absorbs all the kinetic energy. So, this 839.8 J will be converted into heat energy [tex](Q)[/tex].

Now,

[tex]Q=839.8\ J[/tex]

Also, we know that

[tex]Q=mc\Delta_T[/tex]

Where,

[tex]m[/tex] is the mass of the nail, which is [tex]13\ g=\frac{13}{1000}=0.013\ kg[/tex]

[tex]c[/tex] is the specific heat capacity of iron, which is 449 J/kg.K

[tex]\Delta_T[/tex] is the change in temperature.

Plug these value we get,

[tex]Q=mc\Delta_T\\839.8\ J=(0.013\ kg)(449\ J/kg.K)\times\Delta_T\\\Delta_T=\frac{839.8}{0.013\times 449}\\\\\Delta_T=143.9\ K[/tex]

We can see the temperature rise is 143.9 K.