A coffee-cup calorimeter is used to determine the specific heat of a metallic sample. The calorimeter is filled with 70 mL of water at 26.3 °C (density = 0.997 g/mL). A 13.752-gram sample of the metallic material is taken from water boiling at 98.39 °C and placed in the calorimeter. The equilibrium temperature of the water and sample is 58.52 °C. The calorimeter constant is known to be 1.87 J/°C. Calculate the specific heat of the metallic material in J/g·°C.

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A coffee-cup calorimeter is used to determine the specific heat of a metallic sample. The calorimeter is filled with 70 mL of water at 26.3 °C (density = 0.997 g/mL). A 13.752-gram sample of the metallic material is taken from water boiling at 98.39 °C and placed in the calorimeter. The equilibrium temperature of the water and sample is 58.52 °C. The calorimeter constant is known to be 1.87 J/°C. Calculate the specific heat of the metallic material in J/g·°C.

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