To 100.0 g water at 25.00 ºC in a well-insulated container is added a block of aluminum initially at 100.0 ºC. The temperature of the water once the system reaches thermal equilibrium is 28.00 ºC. What is the mass of the aluminum block? (The specific heat capacity of Al is 0.900 J g–1 K–1.)

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To 100.0 g water at 25.00 ºC in a well-insulated container
is added a block of aluminum initially at 100.0 ºC. The
temperature of the water once the system reaches thermal
equilibrium is 28.00 ºC. What is the mass of the
aluminum block? (The specific heat capacity of Al is
0.900 J g–1 K–1.)

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