Question

A hot (70°C) lump of metal has a mass of 250 g and a specific heat of 0.25 cal/g⋅°C. John drops the metal into a 500-g calorimeter containing 75 g of water at 20°C.
The calorimeter is constructed of a material that has a specific heat of 0.10 cal/ g⋅°C.

When equilibrium is reached, what will be the final temperature? cwater = 1.00 cal/g⋅°C.

a. 114°Cb. 72°Cc. 64°Cd. 37°C

Answer 1

Answer:

d. 37 °C

Explanation:

$m_{m}$ = mass of lump of metal = 250 g

$c_{m}$ = specific heat of lump of metal  = 0.25 cal/g°C

$T_{mi}$ = Initial temperature of lump of metal = 70 °C

$m_{w}$ = mass of water = 75 g

$c_{w}$ = specific heat of water = 1 cal/g°C

$T_{wi}$ = Initial temperature of water = 20 °C

$m_{c}$ = mass of calorimeter  = 500 g

$c_{c}$ = specific heat of calorimeter = 0.10 cal/g°C

$T_{ci}$ = Initial temperature of calorimeter = 20 °C

$T_{f}$ = Final equilibrium temperature

Using conservation of heat

Heat lost by lump of metal = heat gained by water + heat gained by calorimeter

$m_{m} c_{m} (T_{mi} - T_{f}) = m_{w} c_{w} (T_{f} - T_{wi}) + m_{c} c_{c} (T_{f} - T_{ci}) \\(250) (0.25) (70 - T_{f} ) = (75) (1) (T_{f} - 20) + (500) (0.10) (T_{f} - 20)\\T_{f} = 37 C$