An aluminum block weighing 34 kg initially at 140°C is brought into contact with a block of iron weighing 48 kg at 60°C in an insulated enclosure. Determine the final equilibrium temperature and the total entropy change for this process. The specific heat of aluminum at 400 K is cp = 0.949 kJ/kg·K. The specific heat of iron at room temperature is cp = 0.45 kJ/kg·K. The final equilibrium temperature is _____ K. The total entropy change for this process is _______  kJ/K.

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An aluminum block weighing 34 kg initially at 140°C is brought into contact with a block of iron weighing 48 kg at 60°C in an insulated enclosure. Determine the final equilibrium temperature and the total entropy change for this process. The specific heat of aluminum at 400 K is cp = 0.949 kJ/kg·K. The specific heat of iron at room temperature is cp = 0.45 kJ/kg·K.
The final equilibrium temperature is _____ K.

The total entropy change for this process is _______  kJ/K.

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