Consider a 6.0-g steel nail 8.0 cm long and a hammer that exerts an average force of

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Consider a 6.0-g steel nail 8.0 cm long and a hammer that exerts an average force of 600 N on the nail when it is being driven into a piece of wood. The nail becomes warmer. Show that the increase in the nail's temperature is 17.8°C. (Assume that the specific heat capacity of steel is 450 J/kg ( °C.)

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Conceptual Physics

ISBN: 978-0321909107

12th edition

Authors: Paul G. Hewitt

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