A 200.1 g piece of metal at a room temperature of 25.0°C is heated to 100.0°C. The heated metal is then placed in a beaker of 200.0 grams of water at room temperature. The temperature of the water rises to 38.0°C. Complete the steps listed below. Show your work for the calculations, include units, and explain your reasoning. 1. Calculate the specific heat of the metal. 2. Identify the metal. Hint: Use the table of specific heats provided. 3. List a source of error in the calculation.
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.
A 200.1 g piece of metal at a room temperature of 25.0°C is heated to 100.0°C. The heated metal is then placed in a beaker of 200.0 grams of water at room temperature. The temperature of the water rises to 38.0°C. Complete the steps listed below. Show your work for the calculations, include units, and explain your reasoning.
1. Calculate the specific heat of the metal.
2. Identify the metal. Hint: Use the table of specific heats provided.
3. List a source of error in the calculation.
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