A chemistry student was tasked to determine the specific heat of a 50.0 g rock sample which has a temperature of 83 Celsius. He dropped the rock to a 75.0 g Al calorimeter which contains 110. grams water. Initial temperature of the calorimeter and water is 30.0 Celsius. Final temperature is 33.0 Celsius. Find the specific heat of the rock in J/g C spec heat Aluminum= 0.900J/gC spec heat water= 4.186 J/gC
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 chemistry
student
was tasked to
determine
the specific heat
of a 50.0
g rock sample
which has a
temperature of
83 Celsius.
He dropped the
rock to a
75.0 g Al
calorimeter
which
contains 110.
grams water.
Initial
temperature of
the
calorimeter and
water is
30.0 Celsius. Final
temperature is
33.0 Celsius.
Find the specific
heat of
the rock in J/g C
spec heat
Aluminum=
0.900J/gC
spec heat
water= 4.186
J/gC
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