In the early 1900s, a scientist named Alfred Wegener noticed how the continents seem to fit together and developed the Theory of Continental Drift. Continental drift is the theory that continents can drift apart from one other and have done so in the past. Wegner's theory also explained why fossils of the same plant and animal species are found on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. In addition similar types of rock and evidence of the same ancient climatic conditions are found on several continents.
Wegner hypothesized that all the separate continents of today were once joined in a single landmass that he called Pangaea.
The amount of heat lost by granite is equal to the amount
of heat gained by water. Therefore their change in enthalpies must be equal.
The opposite in sign means that one is gaining while the other is losing
ΔH granite = - ΔH water
ΔH is the change in enthalpy experienced by a closed object
as it undergoes change in energy. This is expressed mathematically as,
ΔH = m Cp (T2 – T1)
Given this information, we can say that:
12.5 g * 0.790 J / g ˚C * (T2 – 82 ˚C) =
- 25.0 g * 4.18 J / g ˚C
* (T2 – 22 ˚C)
9.875 (T2 – 82) = 104.5 (22 – T2)
9.875 T2 – 809.75 = 2299 – 104.5 T2
114.375 T2 = 3108.75
T2 = 27.18 ˚C
The temperature of 2 objects after reaching thermal
equilibrium is 27.18 ˚<span>C.</span>
