Copper Specific Heat
Warming a lump of copper via convection. The heat-transfer modeling
is rather simplistic...
But the main feature here -- namely, the temperature-dependent
heat capacity -- is still thereby revealed (see below). Note the
cv~T3-behavior for low temperatures,
accurately predicted in the Debye model (for high-T, this correctly
turns over to an approach to a constant). Note also the relatively
small contribution from the conduction electrons (well approximated
by a gas of degenerate fermions), which, despite not holding much
heat, contribute significantly to its quick transport. (See also
the Physics.DebyeEoS and Physics.FermiDiracEoS blocks.)
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