The specific heat of stainless steel is 0.50kJ/kg × °C. How much heat is needed to raise the temperature of a 0.04kg stainless steel fork from 20°C to 50°C?
Here’s a fun fact: it would take us 8 minutes and 17 seconds to notice if the sun were destroyed, as that is the time it takes for sunlight to reach people on Earth. Fear not! The sun has an estimated 5 billion years’ worth of fuel remaining.