We may be positive that an object is in mechanical equilibrium if it is not rotating and experiences no acceleration.
<h3>What is
mechanical equilibrium?</h3>
There are numerous other definitions for mechanical equilibrium that are all mathematically comparable in addition to the definition in terms of force. A system is in equilibrium in terms of momentum if the component motions are all constant. If velocity is constant, the system is in equilibrium in terms of velocity. When an item is in a state of rotational mechanical equilibrium, its angular momentum is preserved and its net torque is zero. More generally, equilibrium is reached in conservative systems at a configuration space location where the gradient of the potential energy concerning the generalized coordinates is zero.
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Scalars are quantities that are fully described by a magnitude (or numerical value) alone.
Vectors are quantities that are fully described by both a magnitude and a direction.
Speed =distance over time
Complete Question:
A 59.1 g sample of iron is put into a calorimeter (see sketch attached) that contains 100.0 g of water. The iron sample starts off at 85.0 °C and the temperature of the water starts off at 23.0 °C. When the temperature of the water stops changing it's 27.6 °C. The pressure remains constant at 1 atm.
Calculate the specific heat capacity of iron according to this experiment. Be sure your answer is rounded to the correct number of significant digits
(Question attached)
Answer:

(rounded to 1 decimal place)
Explanation:
A calorimeter is used to measure the heat of chemical or physical reactions. The example given in the question is using the calorimeter to determine the specific heat capacity of iron.
When the system reaches equilibrium the iron and water will be the same temperature,
. The energy lost from the iron will be equal to the energy gained by the water. It is assumed that the only heat exchange is between the iron and water and no exchange with the surroundings.
(Eq 1)
(Eq 2)
Water:

Iron:

Substituting Eq 1 into Eq 2 and details extracted from the question:



