Working with heat exchange and specific heat
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How much heat is released when 250.0g of copper is cooled from 100.0ºC to 20.5º? The specific heat of copper is 0.0921 cal/gºC.
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We have the formula for heat released as,
q = m c (T2 - T1)
where m is the mass, c is the specific heat capacity, T2 is the final temp and T1 is the initial temp.
therefore q = 250*0.0921 * (20.5 - 100 ) = -1830.4875 Calories
The negative sign implies that the heat is released.
This is the required answer.
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