Question
A student heats 64.05 grams of nickel to 97.80 °C and then drops it into a cup containing 81.11 grams of water at 21.79 °C. She measures the final temperature to be 27.84 °C.
The heat capacity of the calorimeter (sometimes referred to as the calorimeter constant) was determined in a separate experiment to be 1.50 J/°C.
Assuming that no heat is lost to the surroundings calculate the specific heat of nickel.
The heat capacity of the calorimeter (sometimes referred to as the calorimeter constant) was determined in a separate experiment to be 1.50 J/°C.
Assuming that no heat is lost to the surroundings calculate the specific heat of nickel.
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DrBob222
[mass Ni x specific heat Ni x (Tfinal-Tinitial)] + [mass H2O x specific heat H2O x (Tfinal-Tinitial)] + Ccal x (Tfinal-Tinitial) = 0
specific heat Ni is the only unknown. Substitute and solve for that. Post your work if you get stuck.
specific heat Ni is the only unknown. Substitute and solve for that. Post your work if you get stuck.