Joe Catania <zrosumg...@aol.com> wrote: ** > With 40MJ of heat in the system it would be impossible for the temperature > to drop suddenly. I heat a block of steel to 900C, then I stop heating it, > and drop a gram of water on it. What's the temperature? 900C. Notice there > was no precipitous drop. >
Please see Newton's law of cooling: https://www.math.duke.edu/education/ccp/materials/diffcalc/ozone/ozone1.html The other point you are overlooking is the drop is monotonic, that is "Varying in such a way that it either never decreases or never increases." When heat is released from a system the way you describe, the temperature can only drop. It NEVER NEVER RISES. That is a fundamental physical law. Note also that this device was at 80 deg C, not 900 deg C. - Jed
