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3 years ago

Why did the plates began to slip against each other 30 million years ago forming San Andreas fault

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The currents of the mantle pull the crust above it through drag. The plates, therefore, move on top of the mantle. At San Andreas fault, the North American Plate met the Pacific plate. However, due to the presence of the Farallon plate that was disappearing into the mantle in a subduction zone, the Pacific and North American plates movements changed in their configuration. The two plates now move past each other. The San Andreas fault is, therefore, a strike-slip fault.

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The amount of heat to absorb is 6,261 J

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Calorimetry is in charge of measuring the amount of heat generated or lost in certain physical or chemical processes.

The total energy required is the sum of the energy to heat the ice from -20 ° C to ice of 0 ° C, melting the ice of 0 ° C in 0 ° C water and finally heating the water to 60 ° C.

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Heat required to raise the temperature of ice from -20 °C to 0 °C

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Q = c * m * ΔT

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In this case, m= 10 g, specific heat of the ice= 2.1 $\frac{J}{g*C}$ and ΔT=0 C - (-20 C)= 20 C

Replacing: Q= 10 g*2.1 $\frac{J}{g*C}$ *20 C and solving: Q=420 J

Heat required to convert 0 °C ice to 0 °C water

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Q= m* ΔHfusion

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Heat required to raise the temperature of water from 0 °C to 60 °C

In this case the expression used in the first step is used, but being: m= 10 g, specific heat of the water= 4.18 $\frac{J}{g*C}$ and ΔT=60 C - (0 C)= 60 C

Replacing: Q= 10 g*4.18 $\frac{J}{g*C}$ *60 C and solving: Q=2,508 J

Finally, Qtotal= 420 J + 3,333 J + 2,508 J

Qtotal= 6,261 J

The amount of heat to absorb is 6,261 J

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