The question is: You have 500g of ethyl alcohol at a temperature of -40 ° C. How much heat is needed to transform it into steam at a temperature of 150ºC?
Answer: 233700 J heat is needed to transform ethyl alcohol into steam at a temperature of to
.
Explanation:
Given: Mass = 500 g
Initial temperature =
Final temperature =
The standard value of specific heat of ethyl alcohol is .
Formula used to calculate the heat energy is as follows.
where,
q = heat energy
m = mass of substance
C = specific heat
= initial temperature
= final temperature
Substitute the values into above formula as follows.
Thus, we can conclude that 233700 J heat is needed to transform ethyl alcohol into steam at a temperature of to
.