The specific heat of a substance is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of the substance by one degree Celsius. The relationship between the amount of heat gained or released by a substance and the change in temperature of the substance is given by the equation ?=??Δ?q=msΔT where ?q is the heat gained or released, ? is the mass of the substance, ? is the specific heat of the substance, and Δ? is the change in temperature. Rearrange the equation to solve for ?. When a substance with a specific heat of 0.362 J/g⋅∘C is heated from 24.1 ∘C to 80.6 ∘C, it absorbs 357 J of heat. Calculate the mass of the substance
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.
The specific heat of a substance is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of the substance by one degree Celsius. The relationship between the amount of heat gained or released by a substance and the change in temperature of the substance is given by the equation
where ?q is the heat gained or released, ? is the mass of the substance, ? is the specific heat of the substance, and Δ? is the change in temperature.
Rearrange the equation to solve for ?.
When a substance with a specific heat of 0.362 J/g⋅∘C is heated from 24.1 ∘C to 80.6 ∘C, it absorbs 357 J of heat. Calculate the mass of the substance.
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