a 110.0g sample of gray colored, unknown pure metal was heated to 92.0 degrees and put into a coffee cupcalorimeter containing 75g of water at 21.0 degrees celcius. when the heated metal was put into the water, the temperature of the water rose to a final temperature of 24.2 degrees celcius. the specific heat of water is 4.184 j/g degrees celcius. a: what is the specific heat of the metal? b: is it possible the metal is either iron or lead?
Thermochemistry
Thermochemistry can be considered as a branch of thermodynamics that deals with the connections between warmth, work, and various types of energy, formed because of different synthetic and actual cycles. Thermochemistry describes the energy changes that occur as a result of reactions or chemical changes in a substance.
Exergonic Reaction
The term exergonic is derived from the Greek word in which ‘ergon’ means work and exergonic means ‘work outside’. Exergonic reactions releases work energy. Exergonic reactions are different from exothermic reactions, the one that releases only heat energy during the course of the reaction. So, exothermic reaction is one type of exergonic reaction. Exergonic reaction releases work energy in different forms like heat, light or sound. For example, a glow stick releases light making that an exergonic reaction and not an exothermic reaction since no heat is released. Even endothermic reactions at very high temperature are exergonic.
a 110.0g sample of gray colored, unknown pure metal was heated to 92.0 degrees and put into a coffee cupcalorimeter containing 75g of water at 21.0 degrees celcius. when the heated metal was put into the water, the temperature of the water rose to a final temperature of 24.2 degrees celcius. the specific heat of water is 4.184 j/g degrees celcius.
a: what is the specific heat of the metal?
b: is it possible the metal is either iron or lead?
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