It takes 487.5 J to heat 25 grams of copper from 25 °C to 75 °C. What is the specific heat in Joules/g·°C?
c = 487.5 J/(25g)(50 °C)
c = 0.39 J/g·°C
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________ process absorbs heat from the surroundings
________ releases heat into its surroundings
1. Endothermic 2. Exothermic
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Law that states if you add two or more thermochemical equations to give a final equation then you can also add the heats of reactions to give the final heat of reaction.
Hess's Law of heat summation
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If the specific heat is lower the less energy it takes to ...
Raise the temperature of a substance 1ºC
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Find the mass of water than increases its temperature by 10°C and releases 1400 J of energy.
Specific heat of water= 4.18 J/g·ºC
1400/(4.18*10) = 33.5 g
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Heat of reaction for the complete burning of 1 mol of a substance
heat of combustion
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amount of heat released when 1 mole of vapor condenses at the normal boiling point