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A sample of Al (specific heat = 0.900-J/g°C) weighing 222.5-g is boiled in water at sea level until it reaches 100.0°C.
The sample is dumped into a coffee cup containing an unknown mass of water that had reached equilibrium temperature 20.3°C.
The temperature of the water and Al rose to 37.5°C.
Assuming that no heat is absorded by the coffee cup, what was the mass of the water in the coffee cup. (in grams)

2007-10-16 13:04:13 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

1 answers

Please use ALGEBRA!
Water specific heat or heat capacity: 4.182 J/g°C
Al specific heat: 0.900 J/g°C
Let the mass of water in the coffee cup Calorimeter be X grams.
(222.5g)*(0.900 J/g°C)*(100.0°C - 37.5°C) = (X g)*(4.182 J/g°C)*(37.5°C - 20.3°C)
X = (222.5*0.900*62.5)/(4.182*17.2)
= 174 (grams)

2007-10-18 14:13:54 · answer #1 · answered by Hahaha 7 · 0 0

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