Question

A scientist places a cube of copper into a furnace. Before it is placed into the furnace, the copper cube's mass is 350 g, its volume is 39 cm3, and its temperature is 25 C. The inside of the furnace is 400 C.What will happen to the temperature of the copper cube as it sits in the furnace? Why?If the scientist measured the volume of the copper cube after it had been in the furnace for one hour, what would the scientist probably observe? Explain your answer. and what would the mass be explain.

Answer 1

The mass will increase as heating increases the temperature, which results in increase in mass