Question

Lesson Question: How can you determine the specific heat of a metal using a calorimeter?

To do this computation for each of the four metals, you needed several measurements.

▪ First, you measured the
of the metal and the water inside the calorimeter.
▪ Then, you
the metal and added it to water in the calorimeter.
▪ After heat transferred from the metal to the water, you measured the
of both materials.

Answer 1

First blank: mass
Second blank: heated
Third blank: temperature (the final equilibrium temperature)

You then use energy conservation: m_metal·c_metal·(T_initial,metal − T_final) = (m_water·c_water + C_calorimeter)·(T_final − T_initial,water) and solve for c_metal.