An object with a mass of $50 g$ $50 g$ is dropped into $450 m L$ $450 mL$ of water. If the object cools by $25^{\circ} C$ $25 ^@C$ and the water warms by $10^{\circ} C$ $10 ^@C$ , what is the specific heat of the material that the object is made of?

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An object with a mass of $50 g$ $50 g$ is dropped into $450 m L$ $450 mL$ of water. If the object cools by $25^{\circ} C$ $25 ^@C$ and the water warms by $10^{\circ} C$ $10 ^@C$ , what is the specific heat of the material that the object is made of?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-12T03:17:20

Heat lost by the body = heat gained by water
$50 g \times s \times 25^{o} C = 450 m l \times 1 \frac{g}{m l} \times 1 c a l g^{- 1}^o C^{- 1} \times 10^{o} C$ $50gxxsxx25^oC =450mlxx1g/(ml)xx1calg^-1^oC^-1xx10^oC$
$s = 3.6 c a l g^{- 1}^o C^{- 1}$ $s=3.6calg^-1 ^oC^-1$

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An object with a mass of $50 g$ $50 g$ is dropped into $450 m L$ $450 mL$ of water. If the object cools by $25^{\circ} C$ $25 ^@C$ and the water warms by $10^{\circ} C$ $10 ^@C$ , what is the specific heat of the material that the object is made of?

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