When equal amount of edible water and oil in 2 different beakers are heated with equal heat whose temperature will increase faster and why?

1 Answer
Mar 14, 2018

The one with better conductivity will have a higher temperature of the emulsion.

Explanation:

Since there are equal amounts of water and oil mixed together, and they are heated with equal amounts of energy, we will need to consider other factors, and the most useful one in this case would be rate of conduction.

Some materials are better conductors than others, and so will transfer heat to an object better than others.

So here, if the two beakers are made of different materials, the one that conducts heat better will transfer more heat to the water and oil emulsion, and will therefore have a higher temperature.

Of course, other factors can be considered, such as volume of the beaker, surface area, etc.