An object with a mass of #125 g# is dropped into #750 mL# of water at #0^@C#. If the object cools by #70 ^@C# and the water warms by #3 ^@C#, what is the specific heat of the material that the object is made of?
1 Answer
Mar 2, 2016
Explanation:
Specific heat Capacity is a measurement of the amount of energy needed to change the temperature of 1 Kg of the material by
The name given to this energy type is Joules and has the symbol
Known:
Specific heat of water is 1
The relevant association is
Let
For the object we have:
For the water we have:
Giving: