A 50.7 g sample of glass is put into a calorimeter (see sketch at right) that contains 300.0 g of water. The glass sample starts off at 87.8 °C and the temperature of the water starts off at 25.0 °C. When the temperature of the water stops changing it's 26.6 °C. The pressure remains constant at 1 atm. Calculate the specific heat capacity of glass according to this experiment. Be sure your answer is rounded to the correct number of significant digits. e X 2 2 insulated container water sample a calorimeter

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A 50.7 g sample of glass is put into a calorimeter (see sketch at right) that contains 300.0 g of water. The glass sample starts off at
87.8 °C and the temperature of the water starts off at 25.0 °C. When the temperature of the water stops changing it's 26.6 °C.
The pressure remains constant at 1 atm.
Calculate the specific heat capacity of glass according to this experiment. Be sure your answer is rounded to the correct number of
significant digits.
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Transcribed Image Text:A 50.7 g sample of glass is put into a calorimeter (see sketch at right) that contains 300.0 g of water. The glass sample starts off at 87.8 °C and the temperature of the water starts off at 25.0 °C. When the temperature of the water stops changing it's 26.6 °C. The pressure remains constant at 1 atm. Calculate the specific heat capacity of glass according to this experiment. Be sure your answer is rounded to the correct number of significant digits. e D X G thermometer insulated container water sample a calorimeter
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