An object with a mass of $90 g$ is dropped into $500 mL$ of water at $0^@C$ . If the object cools by $60 ^@C$ and the water warms by $5 ^@C$ , what is the specific heat of the material that the object is made of?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-24T06:28:43

The specific heat is $=1.94kJkg^-1K^-1$

The heat is transferred from the hot object to the cold water.

For the cold water, $Delta T_w=5ºC$

For the object $DeltaT_o=60ºC$

$m_o C_o (DeltaT_o) = m_w C_w (DeltaT_w)$

$C_w=4.186kJkg^-1K^-1$

Let, $C_o$ be the specific heat of the object

$0.090*C_o*60=0.5*4.186*5$

$C_o=(0.5*4.186*5)/(0.090*60)$

$=1.94kJkg^-1K^-1$

An object with a mass of 90 g90 g is dropped into 500 mL500 mL of water at 0^@C0^@C. If the object cools by 60 ^@C60 ^@C and the water warms by 5 ^@C5 ^@C, what is the specific heat of the material that the object is made of?