Newton's Law of Cooling

Radiation · Unit 07 — Thermal Physics

Exponential decay of temperature excess above ambient. Adjust the cooling constant and observe the half-life.

Controls

Initial excess ΔT₀ (°C)60

Cooling constant k (1/s)0.01

Live values

ΔT(t)

Half-time t½

Try this: Newton's cooling: temperature excess decays exponentially with constant $k = 4\varepsilon\sigma A T_0^3/(mc)$.