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What is a uniform Rate?

coltsgoalie
coltsgoalie Posts: 723
edited May 2011 in General Charlton
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  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    In relation to?
  • coltsgoalie
    coltsgoalie Posts: 723
    Does water temperature increase at a uniform rate when heated with a bunsen burner?
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,438
    Seriously? No offence - how old are you?
  • ISawLeaburnScore
    ISawLeaburnScore Posts: 9,779
    It means steadily, i.e. at an equal rate of increase per unit of time
  • Depends who the brass is
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Does water temperature increase at a uniform rate when heated with a bunsen burner?



    I think the answer is no, but it's a long time since I studied thermodynamics. From memory it might be the second law of thermodynamics that you need.

  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,438
    Does water temperature increase at a uniform rate when heated with a bunsen burner?



    I think the answer is no, but it's a long time since I studied thermodynamics. From memory it might be the second law of thermodynamics that you need.

    It's definitely no - as the water heats, more collision causes more reactions - ergo the temperature rate increases faster.
  • coltsgoalie
    coltsgoalie Posts: 723
    Does water temperature increase at a uniform rate when heated with a bunsen burner?



    I think the answer is no, but it's a long time since I studied thermodynamics. From memory it might be the second law of thermodynamics that you need.

    It's definitely no - as the water heats, more collision causes more reactions - ergo the temperature rate increases faster.
    Hahaha i think this might be getting a bit to complicated for my son
  • coltsgoalie
    coltsgoalie Posts: 723
    Cheers for all the Answers
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Cheers for all the Answers



    In that case tell him a) to do his own homework and b) that it heats on a parabolic curve, as Leroy explained.


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  • coltsgoalie
    coltsgoalie Posts: 723
    Cheers for all the Answers



    In that case tell him a) to do his own homework and b) that it heats on a parabolic curve, as Leroy explained.

    lol
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,182
    Does water temperature increase at a uniform rate when heated with a bunsen burner?

    I think the answer is no, but it's a long time since I studied thermodynamics. From memory it might be the second law of thermodynamics that you need.

    It's definitely no - as the water heats, more collision causes more reactions - ergo the temperature rate increases faster.


    More reactions of what? If water molecules don't react with other water molecules and even if they did, that would only be true if it was an exothermic reaction, it could be an endothermic reaction in which case the temperature would drop.

    From memory, liquid water heats uniformly as it takes a certain amount of energy to raise it's temperature by 1 degree and the amount of energy is uniform, so as long as the bunsen burner provides a steady amount of energy the water will heat uniformly. However, once it reaches boiling point it will stay at 100 deg C (at standard pressure) until it has all evaporated. If you are trapping the steam then once it's all evoporated it will carry on heating beyond 100 deg C. The same is true of the transition from ice to liquid water.

    I'm presuming Colts is just dealing with water in it's liquid state though.

  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,182

    Okay, ignore everything I just said (well most of it - the bit about reactions is right) a significant portion of my A-Level chemistry and Physics seems to have been pushed out the back of my memory banks.Idiot.

    Read this Colts, it might help.

     

     

     

  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    I asked a "lady" i know about a uniform rate she said it was an extra £50 ?
  • Stuart_the_Red
    Stuart_the_Red Posts: 1,856
    Depends who the brass is
    You'd need to ask Max Moseley about that!
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,109
    I asked a "lady" i know about a uniform rate she said it was an extra £50 ?
    LOL!


  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,958
    From Exothermic_Addick:

    "........that would only be true if it was an exothermic reaction, it could be an endothermic reaction in which case the temperature would drop."

    I used to know a lot about art and gardening too.

    :o)
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,182
    As Homer Simpson said Oggy - "Each time I learn something new it pushes something old out of my brain!". In my case, stuff seems to be dropping out even if I try really hard not to learn anything new.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,958
    Lol.
    D'accord, Exiled.

    Agree entirely!
  • Crusty54
    Crusty54 Posts: 3,235
    it doesn't cool at a uniform rate, hence the cooling curve of water