Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 20 - Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics - Problems - Page 604: 10

Answer

$c=4.5\times 10^2\frac{J}{Kg K}$

Work Step by Step

We know that: $\Delta S=mc ln\frac {T_f}{T_i}$ This can be rearranged as: $c=\frac{\Delta S}{m\ln \frac{T_f}{T_i}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $c=\frac{50}{0.364\ln \frac{380}{280}}$ $c=4.5\times 10^2\frac{J}{Kg K}$
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