A chemist carefully measures the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a 576.0 mg sample of a pure substance from -4.3 °C to 20.3 °C. The experiment shows that 10.1 J of heat are needed. What can the chemist report for the specific heat capacity of the substance? Be sure your answer has the correct number of significant digits. -1 g K

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A chemist carefully measures the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a 576.0 mg sample of a pure substance from -4.3 °C to 20.3 °C. The
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Given that, for a 576.0 mg of pure substance, 10.1 J of heat is required to raise the temperature from -4.3oC to 20.3oC.

So, the mass of the substance is m = 576.0 mg = 576.0×10-3 g = 0.576 g.

The heat required is q = 10.1 J.

The initial temperature is T1 = -4.3oC = (273-4.3)K = 268.7K.

The final temperature is T2 = 20.3oC = (273+20.3)K = 293.3K.

 

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