Chemistry

Chemistry

Problem

A coffee-cup calorimeter (heat capacity 320 J °C⁻¹) contains 100.0 g of water at 24.0 °C. Nickel has a specific heat capacity of 0.444 J g⁻¹ °C⁻¹. What mass of nickel at 260 °C must be added so that the final temperature of the system is 29.5 °C? a) 57 g57\,\text{g} b) 40 g40\,\text{g} c) 23 g23\,\text{g} d) 92 g92\,\text{g}

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