In: Chemistry
An engineer is designing a product in which a copper wire will carry large amounts of electricity. The resistive heating of a 66 g copper wire is expected to add 550 J of heat energy during a 10-minute operating cycle.
By what percentage does the volume increase because of the temperature increase?
(Note: Remember to always use unrounded values in calculations then round final answers to the correct significant figures.)
You may use the following information about copper to answer the question:
specific heat = 0.385 J g-1 °C-1
density = 8.94 g/cm3
coefficient thermal expansion = 6.5 µm m-1 K-1