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Part A In the following experiment, a coffee-cup calorimeter containing 100 mL o

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Question

Part A

In the following experiment, a coffee-cup calorimeter containing 100 mL of H2O is used. The initial temperature of the calorimeter is 23.0 C. If 8.00 g of CaCl2 is added to the calorimeter, what will be the final temperature of the solution in the calorimeter? The heat of solution Hsoln of CaCl2 is 82.8 kJ/mol.

Express your answer with the appropriate units.

Part A

It takes 46.0 J to raise the temperature of an 10.0 g piece of unknown metal from 13.0C to 24.9 C. What is the specific heat for the metal?

Express your answer with the appropriate units.

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Parts B and C

The next two questions pertain to silver. They have nothing to do with unknown metal described in Part A.

Part B

The molar heat capacity of silver is 25.35 J/molC. How much energy would it take to raise the temperature of 10.0 g of silver by 17.7 C?

Express your answer with the appropriate units.

Part C

What is the specific heat of silver?

Express your answer with the appropriate units.

Value / units = ???

Value / Units???

Explanation / Answer

Q = m c T
Q = quantity of heat in joules (J)
m = mass of the substance acting as the environment in
grams (g)
c = specific heat capacity (4.19 for H2O) in J/(g oC)
T = change in temperature = Tfinal - Tinitial in oC

Part A

8 g CaCl2 x (1 mol / 111 g) = 0.072 mol

0.072mol CaCl2 x (82.8 kJ / mol) x (1000 J / kJ) = -5967 J

Assume that the heat capacity of the solution is the same as that of water (4.184 J/gC)

heat = mass x specific heat x T

mass = 100 gm H2O + 8gm CaCl2

specific heat = 4.184


T = heat divided by (mass x specific heat)

T = -5967 J divided by (108 x 4.184) = -13.2 C

Final temp should be 23 + 13.2 =36.2 C

Part A

Q = m c T

Q = 46

m = 10

c= ?

T = 24.9-13 = 11.9

Substitute in the equation

46 = 10 x c x 11.9

c = 0.3865

specific heat for the metal is 0.3865

PART B

specific heat of silver

25.35 J/molC x (1 mol / 107.9 g) = 0.2349 J/gC --- {Where 107.9 is the molar mass}

specific heat of silver = 0.2349 J/gC

Q = m c T

Q = ?

m = 10

c= 0.2349

T = 17.7

Q = 10 x 0.2349 x 17.7 = 172.84 J is required to  raise the temperature by  17.7 C