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How can an ice sculpture contain more heat energy than a lit match?
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∙ 11y ago
It's all a matter of mass. An ice sculpture contains 1 british thermal unit for each pound of ice and every 2.14 degrees Fahrenheit above absolute zero. a burning match gives off approximately 19000 btu per pound in heat energy as it burns. Thus the match, assuming it weighs 14 grains, will give off approximately 38 btus of heat energy until it is fully consumed; whereas a 100lb ice sculpture at 30 degrees fahrenheit contains in total heat energy approximately 20,000 btus more or less.
Temperature wise the match is hotter than the ice, but it would melt only a fraction of 1 lb of ice if all the energy were absorbed by the ice. (1 lb of ice requires 144 btus to melt at 32F).
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What type of energy transformation does burning match represents?
A match burning is an example of chemical energy transitioning to light and heat energy.
How does burning flames produce heat?
it goes with the transfer of energy. if you take lets say a match and strike it you transfer mechanil from arm movement to heat and sound energy the actual match contains chemical energy.
Is someone striking a match endothermic or exothermic?
Exothermic because the fire or spark created by striking the match is releasing energy
Does fuels stored heat energy?
Heat is a form of energy that is a bit qualitative...when the temperature of 1 body is higher than the other we say the 1st body has higher heat content......Fuels do contain heat energy...but it is not what they are meant for....Fuels are basically chemicals which upon combustion get converted into products releasing energy that was stored in the bonds as heat, light and sound energy.....
What happens to chemical energy that is stored in your body?
Energy is released and the chemical energy becomes kinetic energy of heat and light. If you burn a match the chemical bonds release its energy. When you blow out the match and you still see soot it means that not all the energy was released. yep
What kind of energy does an unlit match have?
Potential energy, released when the match is struck.
What type of energy do matches use?
A match has chemical energy stored. The moment it is used, this is, of course, converted into heat energy.A match has chemical energy stored. The moment it is used, this is, of course, converted into heat energy.A match has chemical energy stored. The moment it is used, this is, of course, converted into heat energy.A match has chemical energy stored. The moment it is used, this is, of course, converted into heat energy.
What is the energy transformations in a striking match?
The match has stored energy (chemical energy). This is released as heat and light.
What are the energy transformations in striking a match?
When striking a match, the chemical energy stored in the match-head is transformed into heat and light energy.
What type of energy is a burning match?
A burning match uses up heat energy and light energy
Lighting a match changes chemical energy into heat and light The total amount of energy?
Lighting a match changes chemical energy into heat and light. The total amount of energy
What energy transformations are in a match?
chemical to light to heat energy :)
What type of energy does a match create?
Thermal energy (heat)
Which enery transformation occurs when a match is lit?
The chemical energy - sugars - in your bloodstream are absorbed by the muscle cells in your arms. Your muscles convert this chemical energy into kinetic energy (the energy of motion) in moving the match against the sandpaper surface. The movement of the match against the sandpaper surface causes friction, changing the kinetic energy into heat. The heat of friction in the matchhead causes the phosphorus coating to ignite, converting the heat of friction into heat of combustion, in which the chemical energy in the match is oxidized into radiant heat.
Which has more heat energy the ice sculpture or a lighted match?
First note that "thermal energy" is a term that is long since obsolete. The correct term is "Internal Energy". "Thermal energy" was a term that was in use when people thought of energy as being some kind of fluid called "caloric" that was transferred between things at different temperatures. With that said: an iceberg has more internal energy when compared to a hot cup of coffee mainly due to the variance in size. Total internal energy is not necessarily determined by the presence of heat but the mass of the molecules present.
What energy is transfered when you light a match?
There is a very small amount of kinetic energy in striking the match, but mostly you are releasing chemical potential energy. The match head just requires an increase in temperature to make it burn
What kind of energy does a match have?
chemical energy
