Question

A copper calorimeter whose mass is 250 g contains 700 g of water at 25 0C. When 25 g of a certain
metal at 980C is immersed in the water, the resulting temperature is 30 0C. What is the specific heat
of the metal? The specific heat of copper is 0.093 cal/g C0.

Expert Answer

∆Qloss by metal=∆Qgain by (cu+water)mmetal×Sme

tal×(98-30)=mcu×Scu×(30-25)+mw×Sw×(30-
25)Substitute the values,25×Smetal×68=250×0.093×
5+700×1×5Rearrange above expression and solve fo
r SmetalSmetal=3616.251700Smetal=2.1272 Cal/gC
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