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When chemical, transport, or mechanical work is done by an organism, what happens to the heat generated?

Chemistry

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dalvyx [7]3 years ago

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Explanation:

The heat generated when chemical, transport, or mechanical work is done by the organism is lost to the environment.

The the matter from one organism to the other is transferred via energy. The producer's produce and consumer's consume this energy according to 10% law. Most of the energy is lost (90% ) to the environment in form of heat.

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Temperature of water = 20°C

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Initial temperature of alloy = 55 °C

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Step 2: Calculate the specific heat of alloy

Qlost = -Qwater

Qmetal = -Qwater

Q = m*c*ΔT

m(alloy) * c(alloy) * ΔT(alloy) = -m(water)*c(water)*ΔT(water)

⇒ mass of alloy = 90 grams

⇒ c(alloy) = the specific heat of alloy = TO BE DETERMINED

⇒ ΔT(alloy) = The change of temperature = T2 - T1 = 25-55 = -30°C

⇒ mass of water = 300 grams

⇒ c(water) = the specific heat of water = 4.184 J/g°C

⇒ ΔT(water) = The change of temperature = T2 - T1 = 25 - 20 = 5 °C

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The specific heat of the alloy is 2.324 J/g°C

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