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Muffle Furnace

This document calculates the energy required to melt 1.5kg of iron in a muffle furnace with a maximum temperature of 1100°C. It determines that: 1) 725625 joules are required to raise the iron to 1075°C. 408000 joules are then needed for the phase change, totaling 1133625 joules or 314.8 watt-hours. 2) 2420000 joules or 672.22 watt-hours are required to store heat in the muffle chamber as it is heated to 1100°C. 3) 1078152 joules or 299.48 watt-hours are required to store heat in the glasswool insulation

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Muffle Furnace

This document calculates the energy required to melt 1.5kg of iron in a muffle furnace with a maximum temperature of 1100°C. It determines that: 1) 725625 joules are required to raise the iron to 1075°C. 408000 joules are then needed for the phase change, totaling 1133625 joules or 314.8 watt-hours. 2) 2420000 joules or 672.22 watt-hours are required to store heat in the muffle chamber as it is heated to 1100°C. 3) 1078152 joules or 299.48 watt-hours are required to store heat in the glasswool insulation

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Muffle furnace

Energy required to melt iron


• Iron weight = 1.5kg
• Latent heat of iron =0.45 𝑗/𝑔℃
• Density of iron 𝜌 = 7.87 g/𝑐𝑚3
• Melting point = 1538℃
• Maximum temperature of furnace =1100℃
Energy required to rise the temperature to
1075℃
• 𝜃 = 𝑚𝑐𝑝 ∆𝑡
=1500*0.450*1075
• Q= 725625 joule

• Required energy for phase change


• q= m*L
• q=1500*272
• q=408000 joule
• Total energy =Q + q = 1133625 joule
• Total energy = 314.8 wh
Heat storage in muffle
• Muffle dimensions
• Volume of chamber = 4*4*9=144𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ3
• 𝑐𝑝 = 880 𝐽/𝑘𝑔℃
• ∆𝑡 = 1100℃
• m = 2.5 kg

• Required energy =𝑚𝑐𝑝 ∆𝑡


=2.5*880*1100
=2420000
Q= 672.22wh
Heat storage in glasswool
• Density = 128 𝑘𝑔/𝑚3
• Mass= 3 kg
• Specific heat 𝑐𝑝 = 668 𝑗/𝑘𝑔℃
• Volume = 0.02343 𝑚3

• Heat storage
• 𝑄 = 𝑚𝑐𝑝 ∆𝑡
=3*668*538(mean temperature)
=1078152
Q= 299.48wh
Heat loss for raising temperature of air
• Density =1.1839 𝑘𝑔/𝑚3
• Specific heat = 1005 𝑗/𝑘𝑔℃
• Volume of air =volume of chamber
= 4*4*9=144𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ3
• Volume of air =0.002359 𝑚3
• 𝑄 = 𝑚𝑐𝑝 ∆𝑡
=1.1839*0.002359*1005*1100
Q= 0.859wh
• Total power required
=314.18 + 672.2 +299.98 +0.859
=1287.339
=1.287kw

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