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Specific Heat Worksheet Extra-1 Key

This document provides a worksheet on calculating specific heat. It lists 8 practice problems involving calculating heat (Q), mass (m), change in temperature (ΔT), and specific heat capacity using the equation Q = mcΔT. For each problem, students are asked to show their work and include proper units in their calculations to determine values like specific heat capacity, heat energy required for a temperature change, or change in temperature given an amount of heat.

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Specific Heat Worksheet Extra-1 Key

This document provides a worksheet on calculating specific heat. It lists 8 practice problems involving calculating heat (Q), mass (m), change in temperature (ΔT), and specific heat capacity using the equation Q = mcΔT. For each problem, students are asked to show their work and include proper units in their calculations to determine values like specific heat capacity, heat energy required for a temperature change, or change in temperature given an amount of heat.

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Calculating Specific Heat Worksheet

Name: ___________________________________ Date: _________

Q = mc∆T, where Q = heat energy, m = mass, and ∆T = change in temp.


Remember, ∆T = (Tfinal – Tinitial). Show all work and proper units.

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.

4. 100.0 g of 4.0°C water is heated until its temperature is 37°C. If the specific heat of water is
4.18 J/g°C, calculate the amount of heat energy needed to cause this rise in temperature.
5. 25.0 g of mercury is heated from 25°C to 155°C, and absorbs 455 joules of heat in the
process. Calculate the specific heat capacity of mercury.

6. What is the specific heat capacity of silver metal if 55.00 g of the metal absorbs 47.3J of heat
and the temperature rises 15.0°C?

7. What mass of water will change its temperature by 3 0C when 525 J of heat is added to it?
The specific heat of water is 4.18 J/g 0C

8. A 0.3 g piece of copper is heated and fashioned into a bracelet. The amount of energy
transferred by heat to the copper is 66,300 J. If the specific heat of copper is 390 J/g 0C, what Is
the change of the copper's temperature?

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