coffee-cup calorimeter contains 60 mL of water with an initial temperature of 24.9 degrees C. An unknown sample with a mass of 15.963 grams was placed inside making the water temperature rise up to 25.5 degrees C. The initial temperature of the metal was 69.8 degrees C. The specific heat of water is 4.18 J/g degrees Celsius. What is the specific heat (in J/g degrees Celsius) of the unknown sample? Round off final answer
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 coffee-cup calorimeter contains 60 mL of water with an initial temperature of 24.9 degrees C. An unknown sample with a mass of 15.963 grams was placed inside making the water temperature rise up to 25.5 degrees C. The initial temperature of the metal was 69.8 degrees C. The specific heat of water is 4.18 J/g degrees Celsius.
What is the specific heat (in J/g degrees Celsius) of the unknown sample? Round off final answer to two decimal places.
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