A chemist carefully measures the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a 140.0 mg sample of C¸H,O from -9.0 °C to 2.7 °C. The experiment shows that 2.95 J of heat are needed. What can the chemist report for the molar heat capacity of CH,O? Be sure your answer has the correct number of significant digits. -1 -1 J- mol ·K ?

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A chemist carefully measures the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a 140.0mg sample of C4H8O from −9.0°C to 2.7°C. The experiment shows that 2.95J of heat are needed. What can the chemist report for the molar heat capacity of C4H8O? Be sure your answer has the correct number of significant digits.

A chemist carefully measures the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a 140.0 mg sample of C,HgO from -9.0 °C to 2.7 °C. The experiment
8-
shows that 2.95 J of heat are needed. What can the chemist report for the molar heat capacity of C„H,O? Be sure your answer has the correct number of
8.
significant digits.
- 1
- 1
|J.mol
•K
x10
Transcribed Image Text:A chemist carefully measures the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a 140.0 mg sample of C,HgO from -9.0 °C to 2.7 °C. The experiment 8- shows that 2.95 J of heat are needed. What can the chemist report for the molar heat capacity of C„H,O? Be sure your answer has the correct number of 8. significant digits. - 1 - 1 |J.mol •K x10
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