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3. If I have a block of solid gold and I continually add energy to it, will it continually increase in temperature? Explain.
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3. If I have a block of solid gold and I continually add energy to it, will it continually increase in

temperature? Explain.

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The gold was heated at rates too fast for the electrons absorbing the light energy to collide with surrounding atoms and lose energy.
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