In the laboratory a student uses a "coffee cup" calorimeter to determine the specific heat of a metal. She heats 18.5 gr
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2022 11:08 am
In the laboratory a student uses a "coffee cup" calorimeter to determine the specific heat of a metal. She heats 18.5 grams of zinc to 98.23°C and then drops it into a cup containing 80.5 grams of water at 24.33°C. She measures the final temperature to be 25.94°C. Assuming that all of the heat is transferred to the water, she calculates the specific heat of zinc to be J/g °C.