An object with a mass of $70 g$ $70 g$ is dropped into $700 m L$ $700 mL$ of water at $0^{\circ} C$ $0^@C$ . If the object cools by $36^{\circ} C$ $36 ^@C$ and the water warms by $8^{\circ} C$ $8 ^@C$ , what is the specific heat of the material that the object is made of?

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An object with a mass of $70 g$ $70 g$ is dropped into $700 m L$ $700 mL$ of water at $0^{\circ} C$ $0^@C$ . If the object cools by $36^{\circ} C$ $36 ^@C$ and the water warms by $8^{\circ} C$ $8 ^@C$ , what is the specific heat of the material that the object is made of?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-08T12:02:14

$c_{o} = 0, 002$ $c_o=0,002$

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$m = 700 m g = 0, 7 g mass of water$ $m=700 m g=0,7 g " mass of water"$
$Q_w=m*c*Delta t$
$Q_w=0,7*1*8=5,6 Cal " Heat gained by water"$
$Q_o=m_o*c_o*Delta t_o$
$Q_o=70* c_o*36$
$Q_w=Q_o$
$70*c_o*36=5,6$
$c_o=(5,6)/(70*36)$
$c_o=(5,6)/2520$
$c_o=0,002$

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