« · »   Exploration 19.3: Calorimetry  mass = kg  initial
temperature = K  Please wait for the animation to completely
load.  When two objects at different temperatures are in thermal
contact with each other, they will eventually reach the same
temperature. Heat will flow from the warmer object to the cooler
one until they are at the same temperature (temperature is given
in kelvin and heat is given in joules). Using the equation for
heat absorbed or released with a temperature change, Q = mc (Tf
- Ti), where Q is the heat, m is the mass, c is the specific
heat, and T is the temperature (with subscripts indicating final
and initial temperatures), we can determine the specific heat of
an object. Restart.  In the animation a piece of metal at a high
temperature is placed in water at a lower temperature and, if
the water is well insulated so we can assume essentially no heat
loss to the environment, the final temperature of the
water/metal combination depends on the mass of the water, the
mass of the metal, and