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Heat Absorption and Temperature Rise

What mass of water rises by 15 degrees Celsius when it absorbs 2646 Joules?

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Heat gained by a substance = mass x specific heat capacity x rise in temperature

or, dQ = m C dT

Here we need the specific ...

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