An object with a mass of #120 g# is dropped into #640 mL# of water at #0^@C#. If the object cools by #20 ^@C# and the water warms by #16 ^@C#, what is the specific heat of the material that the object is made of?
1 Answer
Jul 20, 2017
The specific heat is
Explanation:
The heat is transferred from the hot object to the cold water.
For the cold water,
For the object
The specific heat of water is
Let,
Mass of the object is
Mass of the water is