5. To determine whether a shiny silver-colored rock is actually silver, a chemistry student decides to measure its heat capacity. She first weighs the rock and finds it has a mass of 9.87 g. She then finds that upon absorption of 42.4 J of heat, the temperature of the rock rises from 54 °C to 76 °C. Find the specific heat of the object and determine if it matches the specific heat of real silver. (CAg = 0.239 J/g°C)

5. To determine whether a shiny silver-colored rock is actually silver, a chemistry student decides to measure its heat capacity. She first weighs the rock and finds it has a mass of 9.87 g. She then finds that upon absorption of 42.4 J of heat, the temperature of the rock rises from 54 °C to 76 °C. Find the specific heat of the object and determine if it matches the specific heat of real silver. (CAg = 0.239 J/g°C)

Chemistry

10th Edition

ISBN:9781305957404

Author:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

Publisher:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

Section: Chapter Questions

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