26. to determine the specific heat capacity of copper, Alyssa preformed an investigation by which she dropped a heated piece of copper into a calorimeter. Some of the data Alyssa recorded is given in the following Type of metal - CopperMass of metal - 104 gInitial temperature of metal - 98.9 (little o)CMass of water and calorimeter - 65.0 gMass of empty calorimeter - 2.0 gInitial temp of water - 22.0 (little o)CFinal temp of water - 33.5 (little o) C Q - What was the final temp of the copper object, Explain your answer.
unless you have the specific heat of the calorimeter ... we have to assume that its heat gain is negligible to the water's heat gain find heat gained by the water: dH = m C dT dH = (63 g)(4.184J/g-C)(11.5 C) dH = 3031 Joules now the copper dH = m C dT 3031 J = 104g(C)(65.4 C) C = 0.446 J/g-C
