A hot body placed in air cools according to Newton's law of cooling
PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Thermal Properties of Matter · Thermal Properties of Matter
Problem
A hot body placed in air cools according to Newton's law of cooling, with the rate of decrease of temperature equal to k times its temperature difference from the surroundings. Starting from t=0, find the time in which the body loses half the maximum temperature it can lose.