If something equally hot and equally cold came together, would the mixture become hot or cold?

Answer 1

I think the most accurate answer would be: It depends!

If you put a pound of red hot iron together with a pound of water, the result would be a steam bath and still a pound of hot iron.

If your talking about two fluids of the same viscosity and volume and then mixed them together, they would tend to achieve a temperature half way between the two temperatures.

If you did not mix the fluids, they would separate by temperature.

Answer 2

If the hot substance was a vapour at its saturation point (for example steam) and the cold substance was say air then the resulting mixture of liquid, vapour and air could still be as hot in the sense that the temperature will not drop.

If the cold substance was say liquid propane at atmospheric pressure and the hot substance was hot propane vapour then some propane would boil off but the resulting mixture could still be as cold as the liquid propane was originally.

Depending on the exact temperatures, the substances and their physical properties the mixture could be hot, cold or anything in between.

Answer 3

With the exception of any other outside factors then that mixture would simply have a change in temperature when compared to the temperatures of the individual items. The terms "hot" and "cold" are relative terms but an increase or decrease in temperature can be measured absolutely.

Answer 4

That depends on how hot and how cold. The terms hot and cold are too vague (i.e. not precise enogh to give us an idea of what the answer will be).

For example:
Cold tea could still be hot compared with warm drinking water.

A hot bath is cold compared with a hot tub...

p.s. I like the alchemist's answer - the idea that the two are equal to eachother rather than equidistant from a centre temperature...symantics :)

Answer 5

according to the law of thermodynamics,in the mixture there will be transfer of heat from hot body to the cold body and hence the mixture will be neither hot nor cold......

Answer 6

BobbyD is correct, and the underlying concept is "specific heat". That's the difference between temperature and heat, and why you can put your hand in the oven but don't get burnt until you touch something solid, even though the air and the metal are the same temperature.

Answer 7

warm is while a man or woman has a solid love and zeal to do God's will and he does it with all that he has. heat is while a man or woman tries to be aside of the two worlds. He tries to do God's will and tries to get all he can out the international. The bible says that we will no longer serve 2 masters because of the fact we can love one and hate the different. that's what happens while human beings try for the failings interior the international, their love for God cools off making them lukewarm. chilly is while a man or woman does no longer something for God. they are purely in contact approximately themselves.

Answer 8

Thermodynamics... heat transfers from hot bodies t cold bodies... Hot and Cool are relative terms. Hot could be any where from infintiy on down to anywhere above -273ºC. Cool could be anywhere from -273ºC on up to ... wherever you think hot is.

Depends.

Answer 9

the heat would travel from the hot substance to the cold substance until they reached the same temperature

Answer 10

It depends on the temp.of that something when it is hot , and when it is cold.