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OpenStudy (anonymous):

It takes 54.0J to raise the temperature of an 8.80g piece of unknown metal from 13.0∘C to 24.8∘C. What is the specific heat for the metal?

OpenStudy (matt101):

You're going to want to use the following equation: \[q=mc \Delta T\] q is the total heat produced (or lost) m is the mass of the compound being heated (or cooled), in this case the unknown metal c is the specific heat ΔT is the change in temperature We know everything except the specific heat, so just plug in your numbers and solve for c!

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