Answer to Question #245680 in Electricity and Magnetism for bravo

Question #245680

512 g of an unknown metal at a temperature of 15oC is dropped into a 100 g aluminum container holding 325 g of water at 98oC. A short time later, the container of water and metal stabilizes at a new temperature of 78oC. Identify the metal


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Expert's answer
2021-10-06T15:53:52-0400

Heat gained by metal=heat lost by aluminium+water

0.512×c×(7815)=0.1×910×(9878)+0.325×4192×(9878)c=900  J/kgK0.512 \times c \times (78-15)=0.1 \times 910 \times (98-78)+0.325\times 4192 \times (98-78) \\ c=900\; J/kg K

The metal is probably Aluminium.


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