A 11.6 g piece of metal is heated to 98°C and dropped into a calorimeter containing 50.0 g of  water (specific heat capacity of water is 4.18 J/g°C) initially at 20.5°C. The empty calorimeter has a heat capacity of 125 J/K.  The final temperature of the water is 28.2°C. Ignoring significant figures, calculate the specific heat of the metal..   a. 3.176 J/gK   b. 1.990 J/gK   c. 0.800 J/gK   d. 2.142 J/gK   e. none of these

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A 11.6 g piece of metal is heated to 98°C and dropped into a calorimeter containing 50.0 g of  water (specific heat capacity of water is 4.18 J/g°C) initially at 20.5°C. The empty calorimeter has a heat capacity of 125 J/K.  The final temperature of the water is 28.2°C. Ignoring significant figures, calculate the specific heat of the metal..
  a.
3.176 J/gK
  b.
1.990 J/gK
  c.
0.800 J/gK
  d.
2.142 J/gK
  e.
none of these
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