Asked by Cathy
                Will someone show me the formula or help me through working this question? Thanks!
A 2.85g lead weight, initially at 10.3 deg C, is submerged in 7.55g of water at 52.3 deg C in an insulated container. what is the final temperature of both substances at thermal equilibrium?
            
            
        A 2.85g lead weight, initially at 10.3 deg C, is submerged in 7.55g of water at 52.3 deg C in an insulated container. what is the final temperature of both substances at thermal equilibrium?
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                    Answered by
            bobpursley
            
    formula? The concept is the closed container gains no heat from outside, so the sum of the heats gained is zero (one gains, one loses).
Heatgaindlead+heatgainedwater=0
2.85g*clead*(Tf-10.3C)+7.55g*cwater*(Tf-52.3)=0
look up the two specific heats (watch units, your mass is in grams). Solve for Tfinal.
    
Heatgaindlead+heatgainedwater=0
2.85g*clead*(Tf-10.3C)+7.55g*cwater*(Tf-52.3)=0
look up the two specific heats (watch units, your mass is in grams). Solve for Tfinal.
                    Answered by
            Cathy
            
    Alright thanks! Using what you gave me I got T= 53 degrees, hope that's right!
    
                    Answered by
            bobpursley
            
    I don't think so....the water was initially hotter, and putting cold lead in made it hotter?  I don't think so. Recheck.
    
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