Calorimetry of Metals Lab Set up a boiling water bath of 250 mL of water in a 400L beaker at 325 degrees C.  Placed a test tube of 13.88g of aluminum into boiling water.  Boiled for 20 minutes and reached a temp of 99.0 degrees C. Set up a "coffee-cup" calorimeter with a volume of 50mL of water.  Assume the water has a density of 0.997 g/mL.  Initial temp of 50mL of water is 22.2 degrees C.  Dumped the test tube of heated aluminum into calorimeter.  Final temp of 50mL of water is 26.4 degrees C.  Calculate the specific heat of the aluminum.  Use the specific heat of water as 4.184 J/g*degrees C.

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Set up a boiling water bath of 250 mL of water in a 400L beaker at 325 degrees C.  Placed a test tube of 13.88g of aluminum into boiling water.  Boiled for 20 minutes and reached a temp of 99.0 degrees C. Set up a "coffee-cup" calorimeter with a volume of 50mL of water.  Assume the water has a density of 0.997 g/mL.  Initial temp of 50mL of water is 22.2 degrees C.  Dumped the test tube of heated aluminum into calorimeter.  Final temp of 50mL of water is 26.4 degrees C.  Calculate the specific heat of the aluminum.  Use the specific heat of water as 4.184 J/g*degrees C.

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