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Newton'S Law of Cooling or Heating: - M T - KT C KT C

Newton's law of cooling or heating describes how the temperature of an object changes over time towards the temperature of its surroundings. The rate of change of the object's temperature (dT/dt) is directly proportional to the difference between the object's temperature (T) and the surrounding temperature (M), as shown in the equation dT/dt = k(M - T), where k is a proportionality constant. Integrating this differential equation yields an exponential relationship where the object's temperature approaches the surrounding temperature over time as T = M + Ae-kt, where A is a positive constant. Whether the object is cooling (T initially higher than M) or heating (T initially lower than M) determines whether M - T is

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Newton'S Law of Cooling or Heating: - M T - KT C KT C

Newton's law of cooling or heating describes how the temperature of an object changes over time towards the temperature of its surroundings. The rate of change of the object's temperature (dT/dt) is directly proportional to the difference between the object's temperature (T) and the surrounding temperature (M), as shown in the equation dT/dt = k(M - T), where k is a proportionality constant. Integrating this differential equation yields an exponential relationship where the object's temperature approaches the surrounding temperature over time as T = M + Ae-kt, where A is a positive constant. Whether the object is cooling (T initially higher than M) or heating (T initially lower than M) determines whether M - T is

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NEWTONS LAW OF COOLING OR HEATING

Let
T = temperature of an object,
M = temperature of its surroundings, and
t = time.
If the rate of change of the temperature T of the object is directly proportional to the
difference in temperature between the object and its surroundings, then we get the following
equation where k is a proportionality constant.
dT
= k(M T ), k > 0.
dt
As the differential equation is separable, we can separate the equation to have one side
solely dependent on T , and the other side solely dependent on t:
dT
= kdt
M T
Integrating both sides then gives the following:
Z

dT
M T
ln|M T |
ln|M T |

kdt

= kt + C
= kt C

eln|M T |
|M T |

= ektC
= ektC

Now here is where we need to be careful. We want to drop the absolute value signs to
solve for T . To do so, we need to figure out whether M T is positive or negative. This
depends on whether the object is cooling down to the surrounding temperature (in which case
T > M and M T is negative) or is warming up to the surrounding temperature (T < M
and M T is positive).
For cooling, as M T is negative, |M T | = (M T ). So we get
|M T |

= ektC

(M T )

= ektC

M T
T
T

= ektC
= M + ektC
= M + Aekt , A = eC
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NEWTONS LAW OF COOLING OR HEATING

Since the object is cooling down to the surrounding temperature, T will always be greater
than M so A will be a positive value. This agrees with the fact that A = eC must be a
positive value.
For heating, M T is positive, and so |M T | = (M T ) and we get
|M T |
M T
T
T

= ektC
= ektC
= M ektC
= M Aekt , A = eC

This time, as the object is warming up to the surrounding temperature, T is always less
than M so A is again a positive value.

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