In order to determine the heat capacity of their latest phone, CrabappleTM engineers cool the phone in the freezer to -33.1ºC. They then drop it into a calorimeter with some water in it that is at a temperature of 50.9ºC. The calorimeter (including the water) has a total heat capacity of 703.98 J/ºC. After a few minutes the temperature of the calorimeter is stabilized to 32.6ºC. What is the heat capacity of the phone?
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.
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In order to determine the heat capacity of their latest phone, CrabappleTM engineers cool the phone in the freezer to -33.1ºC. They then drop it into a calorimeter with some water in it that is at a temperature of 50.9ºC. The calorimeter (including the water) has a total heat capacity of 703.98 J/ºC. After a few minutes the temperature of the calorimeter is stabilized to 32.6ºC. What is the heat capacity of the phone?
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