Q.
A piece of metal weighing 100g is heated to 80∘C and dropped into 1kg of cold water in an insulated container at 15∘C. If the final temperature of the water in the container is 15.69∘C, the specific heat of the metal in J/g.∘C is
Given,
weight of metal =100g T2=15.69∘C,T1=80∘C
Specific heat of water =4.184J/g∘C
Heat gained by 100g of metal = Heat lost by 1000g of water.
We know, Q=mcΔT ∴100×x×(80−15.69) =1000×4.184(15.69−15) =100x(64.31)=2886.96 x=64312886.96=0.448≈0.45J/g.∘C