A geologist working in the field drinks her morning coffee out of an aluminum cup. The cup has a mass of 0.120 kg and is initially at 20.0°C when she pours in 0.300 kg of coffee initially at 70.0°C. What is the final temperature after the coffee and the cup attain thermal equilibrium? ( Assume that coffee has the same specific heat as water and that there is no heat exchange with the surroundings.)
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 geologist working in the field drinks her morning coffee out of an aluminum cup. The cup has a
mass of 0.120 kg and is initially at 20.0°C when she pours in 0.300 kg of coffee initially at 70.0°C.
What is the final temperature after the coffee and the cup attain thermal equilibrium? ( Assume that
coffee has the same specific heat as water and that there is no heat exchange with the surroundings.)
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