Question

How much heat energy is required to raise the temperature of 0.367 kg of copper from 23.0 C to 60.0 C ? The specific heat of copper is 0.0920 cal/(g x C)



If 125 cal of heat is applied to a 60.0 g - piece of copper at 23.0 C, what will the final temperature be? The specific heat of copper is 0.0920 cal /(g x C)

Answer 1

How much energy is required to raise one gram of Copper by one degree centigrade?

Answer 2

I know the answer to the question, I'm trying to lead you to it

Answer 3

Could you at least tell me how to calculate it to get the one degree by centigrade?

Answer 4

The amount of energy is required to raise one gram of Copper by one degree centigrade is equal to the specific heat: 0.0920 calories. That's why the units of specific heat are cal/(gm.C)

Answer 5

So how much energy is required to raise the temperature of one gram of Copper from 23 C to 60 C?

Answer 6

How many degrees are we raising the temperature?

Answer 7

37

Answer 8

Hence the amount of energy required to increase the temperature of one gram of copper by 37 degrees is ....

Answer 9

Quick, I'm getting bored for you.

Answer 10

How do I calculate it in my calculator?

Answer 11

Well it's the (change in temp)x(specific heat of copper)

So 37 x 0.0920 calories

Answer 12

that's the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of copper from 23 C to 60 C

Answer 13

I calculated it and got 3.404 but it says that its wrong

Answer 14

I didn't say that was the final answer.

Now, how many gram of copper do you have?

Multiply that number by the number of grams

Answer 15

So in summary, the energy required is

(# grams)x(change in temperature)x(specific heat)

Answer 16

good luck