Oliver heated a tungsten cylinder weighing 57.647 g in a hot water bath. While that was heating, he added 41.65 g of distilled water to a styrofoam cup calorimeter and measured it's temperature at 21.2 °C. Oliver then added the hot tungsten to the calorimeter and observed a final temperature of 24.9 °C. What was the initial temperature, in °C, of the tungsten cylinder? Specific Heat of water is 4.184 g. °C Specific Heat of tungsten is 0.132 g• °C

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Oliver heated a tungsten cylinder weighing 57.647 g in a hot water bath. While that was heating, he
added 41.65 g of distilled water to a styrofoam cup calorimeter and measured it's temperature at
21.2 °C. Oliver then added the hot tungsten to the calorimeter and observed a final temperature of
24.9 °C. What was the initial temperature, in °C, of the tungsten cylinder?
Specific Heat of water is 4.184
g.°C
Specific Heat of tungsten is 0.132
g•°C
Transcribed Image Text:Oliver heated a tungsten cylinder weighing 57.647 g in a hot water bath. While that was heating, he added 41.65 g of distilled water to a styrofoam cup calorimeter and measured it's temperature at 21.2 °C. Oliver then added the hot tungsten to the calorimeter and observed a final temperature of 24.9 °C. What was the initial temperature, in °C, of the tungsten cylinder? Specific Heat of water is 4.184 g.°C Specific Heat of tungsten is 0.132 g•°C
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