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    A worksheet provides 20 practice problems for calculating heat and determining specific heat capacity based on applying the formula q = mcΔT. The problems provide mass, temperature change, and heat values for various materials like iron, aluminum, copper, etc. and require calculating specific heat capacity or other variable based on the given information. Sample problems include determining the specific heat of iron from its mass, temperature change and absorbed heat, or calculating the temperature change of aluminum given its mass and absorbed heat using the known specific heat.

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    A worksheet provides 20 practice problems for calculating heat and determining specific heat capacity based on applying the formula q = mcΔT. The problems provide mass, temperature change, and heat values for various materials like iron, aluminum, copper, etc. and require calculating specific heat capacity or other variable based on the given information. Sample problems include determining the specific heat of iron from its mass, temperature change and absorbed heat, or calculating the temperature change of aluminum given its mass and absorbed heat using the known specific heat.

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    A worksheet provides 20 practice problems for calculating heat and determining specific heat capacity based on applying the formula q = mcΔT. The problems provide mass, temperature change, and heat values for various materials like iron, aluminum, copper, etc. and require calculating specific heat capacity or other variable based on the given information. Sample problems include determining the specific heat of iron from its mass, temperature change and absorbed heat, or calculating the temperature change of aluminum given its mass and absorbed heat using the known specific heat.

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    WS 1 Heat Calculations

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    A worksheet provides 20 practice problems for calculating heat and determining specific heat capacity based on applying the formula q = mcΔT. The problems provide mass, temperature change, and heat values for various materials like iron, aluminum, copper, etc. and require calculating specific heat capacity or other variable based on the given information. Sample problems include determining the specific heat of iron from its mass, temperature change and absorbed heat, or calculating the temperature change of aluminum given its mass and absorbed heat using the known specific heat.

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    Republic of the Philippines

    SORSOGON STATE COLLEGE


    Sorsogon City Campus
    ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT

    Worksheet #1
    Heat Calculations

    Name: ______________________________________________ Student No.: __________ Score: ________


    Course & Year: _________________________ Instructor: ENGR. NOEL G. BENAVIDES, Ph.D.

    q = mc∆T, where q = heat energy, m = mass, and ∆T = change in temp. Remember, ∆T = (Tfinal – Tinitial). Show all work
    and proper units.

    Here is a chart of specific heat capacities for your use:

    Material Specific Heat Material Specific Heat


    Capacity (J/g·°C) Capacity (J/g·°C)

    aluminum (Al) 0.9025 lead (Pb) 0.1276

    concrete 0.84 mercury (Hg) 0.13950

    ethyl alcohol (CH3CH2OH) 2.4194 rhodium (Rh) 0.2427

    gold (Au) 0.12905 solid steel 0.4494

    helium (He) 5.1931 titanium (Ti) 0.5526

    hydrogen (H2) 14.304 vanadium (V) 0.4886

    iron (Fe) 0.4494 water (H2O) 4.184

    1. A 15.75-g piece of iron absorbs 1086.75 joules of heat energy, and its temperature changes from 25°C to 175°C.
    Calculate the specific heat capacity of iron.

    2. How many joules of heat are needed to raise the temperature of 10.0 g of aluminum from 22°C to 55°C, if the specific
    heat of aluminum is 0.90 J/g°C?

    3. Calculate the specific heat capacity of a piece of wood if 1500.0 g of the wood absorbs 67,500 joules of heat, and its
    temperature changes from 32°C to 57°C.

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    4. A 14.6 g piece of copper is heated and fashioned into a bracelet. The amount of heat transferred to the copper is
    3465 J. If the specific heat of copper is 0.390 J/gC, what is the change of the copper's temperature?

    5. What is the specific heat of silicon if the temperature of a 4.11 g sample of silicon is increased by 3.8 oC when 11.1 J
    of heat is added?

    6. If 40.5 J of heat is added to a 15.4 g sample of silver, how much will the temperature increase by? The specific heat of
    silver is 0.235 J/g oC.

    7. What mass of lead is needed to absorb 54 000 J of energy if its temperature is to increase by only 2.5 °C?

    8. How many joules of heat are needed to raise the temperature of 47.5 g of aluminum from 21C to 94C, if the
    specific heat of aluminum is 0.90 J/g C?

    9. A 457 g bar of gold is initially at a temperature of 25C. If 54360 J of heat is added to the gold, and the specific heat
    of the gold is 0.130 J/gC, what is the final temperature of the gold bar?

    10. A 13.5 g sample of gold is heated, then placed in a calorimeter containing 60.0 g of water. Temperature of water
    increases from 19.00 oC to 20.00 oC. The specific heat of gold is 0.130 J/goC. What was the initial temperature of the
    gold metal sample?

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    11. A 28.4 g sample of aluminum is heated to 39.4 oC, then is placed in a calorimeter containing 50.0 g of water.
    Temperature of water increases from 21.00 oC to 23.00 oC. What is the specific heat of aluminum?

    12. A hot, just minted copper coin is placed in 101 g of water to cool. The water temperature changes by 8.39°C, and the
    temperature of the coin changes by 68°C. What is the mass of the coin? The specific heat of copper is 387 J/kg·°C

    13. A hot iron horseshoe (mass = 0.40 kg) which has just been forged, is dropped into 1.6 kg of water in a 0.30 kg iron pot
    initially at 20C. If the final equilibrium temperature is 25C, determine the initial temperature of the hot horseshoe.
    The specific heat of iron is 450 J/kg·C.

    14. Brass is an alloy made from copper and zinc. A 0.59 kg brass sample at 98°C is dropped into 2.80 kg of water at 5°C.
    If the equilibrium temperature is 6.8°C, what is the specific heat of brass?

    15. A 32.07 gram sample of vanadium was heated to 75.00 °C (its initial temperature). It was then dumped into a
    calorimeter. The initial temperature of the calorimeter’s water was 22.50°C. After the metal was allowed to release
    all its heat to the calorimeter’s water, 26.30 °C was the final temperature. What mass of distilled water was in the
    calorimeter?

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    16. A piece of unknown metal with mass 17.19 g is heated to an initial temperature of 92.50 °C and dropped into 25.00 g of
    water (with an initial temperature of 24.50 °C) in a calorimeter. The final temperature of the system is 30.05°C. What
    is the specific heat of the metal?

    17. 10.0 g of metal X at 280.0 o C is dropped into 200.0mL of H2O at 20.0 o C in a coffee cup calorimeter. Metal X and
    H2O reach thermal equilibrium at 25.0 o C. Calculate the specific heat capacity of X.

    18. A piece of rhodium with a mass of 24.50 g and an initial temperature of 96.00 °C was dropped into a calorimeter
    containing 30.08 g of distilled water. The final temperature of the metal and water in the calorimeter was 30.07 °C.
    What was the initial temperature of the water?

    19. A piece of metal weighing 59.047 g was heated to 100.0 °C and then put it into 100.0 mL of water (initially at 23.7 °C).
    The metal and water were allowed to come to an equilibrium temperature, determined to be 27.8 °C. Assuming no
    heat lost to the environment, calculate the specific heat of the metal.

    20. A 2.50 g sample of zinc is heated, then placed in a calorimeter containing 65.0 g of water. Temperature of water
    increases from 20.00 oC to 22.50 oC. The specific heat of zinc is 0.390 J/goC. What was the initial temperature of the
    zinc metal sample? (final temperatures of zinc and water are the same)

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