How much heat is released as a 5.89 kg block of aluminum cools from 462°C to 315 °C?

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The specific heat capacity of aluminum is 0.900 J/g°K.

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-18T11:36:06

See explanation.

The energy is equal to:

#E=mxxc_{Al}xx DeltaT=5.89xx900xx(462-315)=#

#=5.89xx900xx147=779,247 J#