Practice: A 30.0 g chunk of aluminum initially at 98 1S added to a coffee cup containing 150. g of water. The system comes to thermal equilibrium at 37.0 °C. Assuming no heat is lost to the environment, what was the initial temperature of the water? Cs(water) = 4.18 J/g-K; C(Al) = 0.897 J/g-K.

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Practice: A 30.0 g chunk of aluminum initially at 98°C is
added to a coffee cup containing 150. g of water. The
system comes to thermal equilibrium at 37.0 °C. Assuming
no heat is lost to the environment, what was the initial
temperature of the water?
Cs(water) = 4.18 J/g-K; Cs(Al) = 0.897 J/g-K.
Transcribed Image Text:Practice: A 30.0 g chunk of aluminum initially at 98°C is added to a coffee cup containing 150. g of water. The system comes to thermal equilibrium at 37.0 °C. Assuming no heat is lost to the environment, what was the initial temperature of the water? Cs(water) = 4.18 J/g-K; Cs(Al) = 0.897 J/g-K.
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