Kingcrab wrote:

Aluelk wrote:I have a quiz for you.


If an object is 0 degrees farenheight, and you double it's temperature, how hot will it be?

good one!!

I am not aware of how to calculate the energy in something at 0..


And there is considerable more energy in an object like rock at 0 compared to antifreeze at 0..


but I guess double is double..


I do know we were on track to have the least snow EVER in November... but got three/four inches last night..




it's over.

It's sort of a trick question. In farenheight 0 is pretty much an arbitrary number, it doesn't mean anything. In celcius 0 is the freezing point of water, but other than that it's also an arbitrary number.

There is only 0 thermal energy if something is absolute zero, and 0 degrees farenheight is super hot compared to absolute zero.

To find out how the temperatrue of an object at 0 degrees farenheit if you double it's therman energy, you need to convert to Kelvin. Kelvin is not arbitrary because 0 Kelvin is exactly absolute zero.

0 degrees farenheight is equivalent to 255.4 Kelvin. 255.4 x 2 = 510.8 Kelvin.

510.8 Kelvin is equivalent to 460 degrees farenheight.

So if someting is 0 F and you double the temperature, it will be 460 F!