To hammer a horseshoe a blacksmith heats it until it is red hot. the blacksmith the plunges it into cold water. a) what happens to the temperature of the horseshoe and the temperature of the water? b) how have these changes in temperature taken place?

The principle of Calorimetry states that “When a body at a higher temperature is brought in contact with a body at a lower temperature, the hot body loses heat and the cold body gains heat.

The heat gained by a colder body is equal to the heat lost by a hotter body.

In the above case, the horseshoe is the body at a higher temperature and water is the body at a lower temperature.

So, according to the principle of calorimetry, the horseshoe will lose heat and water will gain heat.

Thus, the temperature of horseshoe decreases, and the temperature of the water increases.

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