A student heats 10.8 g of lead to a temperature of 90.5 C. He places the hot lead into a container of water, initially at a temperature of 24.6 C; the final temperature of the water and lead is 25.2 C. What quantity of heat was lost by the lead?

3 answers

heat lost mass Pb x specific heat lead x delta T.
ok i got 0.882, is that correct? How do I calculate the mass of water in the container?
I figured mass of water was next. It's better if you type the whole problem instead of doing it piece meal.
heat lost by Pb + heat gained by water = 0
(mass Pb sp.h Pb x delta T) + (mass water x specific heat water x delta T) = 0.
The first term is the hat lost by lead and the second term is the heat gained by water. The only unknown is the mass of water.