College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 14 - Problems - Page 534: 10

Answer

The heat capacity of 20.0 kg of silver is $4600~J$

Work Step by Step

The heat capacity is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature by $1~ C^{\circ}$. We can find the heat capacity of 20.0 kg of silver: $Q = m~c~\Delta T$ $Q = (20.0~kg)(230~J/kg~C^{\circ})(1~C^{\circ})$ $Q = 4600~J$ The heat capacity of 20.0 kg of silver is $4600~J$
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