General Chemistry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-28505-137-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-137-6

Chapter 6 - Thermochemistry - Questions and Problems - Page 264: 6.105

Answer

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We know that $Specific \space heat=\frac{q}{m\Delta t}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $Specific heat=\frac{325J}{121.6g(35.5C^{\circ}-20.4C^{\circ})}=0.12798\frac{J}{g.C}$
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