q = mass Pt x specific heat Pt x (Tfinal-Tinitial)
20.7 = 11.0 x sp.h. x (35.8 - 20.5)
sp.h. = ?
In the laboratory a student finds that it takes 20.7 Joules to increase the temperature of 11.0 grams of solid platinum from 20.5 to 35.8 degrees Celsius. What is the specific heat of platinum she has measured.
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