In the laboratory a "coffee cup" calorimeter, or constant pressure calorimeter, is frequently used to determine the specific heat of a solid, or to measure the energy of a solution phase reaction. A student heats 63.29 grams of nickel to 97.88 °C and then drops it into a cup containing 76.34 grams of water at 21.12 °C. She measures the final temperature to be 27.55 °C. The heat capacity of the calorimeter (sometimes referred to as the calorimeter constant) was determined in a separate experiment to be 1.60 J/°C. Assuming that no heat is lost to the surroundings calculate the specific heat of nickel. Specific Heat (Ni) = J/g C.

In the laboratory a "coffee cup" calorimeter, or constant pressure calorimeter, is frequently used to determine the specific heat of a solid, or to measure the energy of a solution phase reaction. A student heats 63.29 grams of nickel to 97.88 °C and then drops it into a cup containing 76.34 grams of water at 21.12 °C. She measures the final temperature to be 27.55 °C. The heat capacity of the calorimeter (sometimes referred to as the calorimeter constant) was determined in a separate experiment to be 1.60 J/°C. Assuming that no heat is lost to the surroundings calculate the specific heat of nickel. Specific Heat (Ni) = J/g C.

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