A piece of lithium is placed on the surface of some water in a beaker. hydrogen is given off. Lithium hydroxide is formed. What
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1) 385 J
2) 450 J
Explanation:
1)
The amount of energy that must be absorbed by a certain substance in order to increase its temperature by is given by the equation:
where
m is the mass of the substance
C is its specific heat capacity
is the increase in temperature of the substance
For the block of copper in this problem, we have:
m = 10 g is the mass
is the specific heat capacity of copper
is the change in temperature
So, the energy absorbed by the block of copper is
2)
Similarly for the block of iron, the energy absorbed by the iron is given by
where
m is the mass of the block of iron
C is its specific heat capacity of iron
is the increase in temperature of the block
Here we have:
m = 10 g is the mass of the block
is the specific heat capacity of iron
is the change in temperature
So, the energy absorbed by the block of iron is