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Specific Heat Activity Sheet Key

This document provides examples of calculating heat transfer using specific heat capacity. It defines the key formula as q = m x C x ΔT, where q is heat, m is mass, C is specific heat capacity, and ΔT is change in temperature. Several examples are given for determining the heat, temperature change, mass, or specific heat capacity given values for the other three variables in the formula. Specific heat values are provided for common materials like water, copper, aluminum, ethanol, and olive oil in the examples.

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Specific Heat Activity Sheet Key

This document provides examples of calculating heat transfer using specific heat capacity. It defines the key formula as q = m x C x ΔT, where q is heat, m is mass, C is specific heat capacity, and ΔT is change in temperature. Several examples are given for determining the heat, temperature change, mass, or specific heat capacity given values for the other three variables in the formula. Specific heat values are provided for common materials like water, copper, aluminum, ethanol, and olive oil in the examples.

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Specific Heat and Heat Capacity

Name ________KEY_____________ Period ____

1. Calculate the amount of heat needed to increase the temperature of 250 g of water from
20 C to 46 C.
q = m x C x T
q = 250 g x 4.18 J/ g C x 26C
q = 27,170 J or 27 kJ
2. Calculate the specific heat capacity of copper given that 204.75 J of energy raises the
temperature of 15 g of copper from 25 C to 60. C.
q = m x C x T
C= q/m x T
C = 204.75 J / (15 g x 35 C)
C= 0.39 J/ g C
3. 216 J of energy is required to raise the temperature of aluminum from 15 C to 35 C.
Calculate the mass of aluminum. (Specific heat capacity of aluminum is 0.90 J/g C).
q = m x C x T
m= q/C x T
m= 216 J/ (0.90 J/ g C x 20 C)
m= 12 g
4. The initial temperature of 150 g of ethanol was 22 C. What will be the final
temperature of the ethanol if 3240 J was needed to raise the temperature of the ethanol?
(Specific heat capacity of ethanol is 2.44 J/ g C).
q = m x C x T
T = q/m x C
T = 3240 J/ (150 g x 2.44 J/ g C)
T = 8.85 C
Tfinal = 22 C + 8.85 C= 31 C
5. When 435 J of heat is added to 3.4 g of olive oil at 21 C, the temperature increases to
85 C. What is the specific heat of the olive oil?
q = m x C x T
C= q/m x T
C = 435 J/ (3.4 g x 64 C)
C = 2.0 J/ g C
6. How many kilojoules of heat are absorbed when 1.00 L of water is heated from 18 C to
85 C? (Hint: You first need to determine the mass of the water, then calculate q in the
requested unit.)

q = m x C x T
q = 1.00 kg x 4.18 J/ g C x 67 C
q = 280 kJ
7. A piece of aluminum with a mass of 100.0 g has a temperature of 20.0C. It absorbs
1100 J of heat energy. What is the final temperature of the metal?
q = m x C x T
T = q/m x C
T = 1100 J/ (100.0 g x 0.902 J/ g C)
T = 12 C + 20 C
Tfinal = 32 C
8. A metal of unknown mass has a specific heat capacity of 0.371 J/ g C. If the
temperature of the metal sample rises from 15.0C to 30.0C as the sample absorbs 89.0
J of heat, what is the mass of the sample?
q = m x C x T
m= q/C x T
m = 89.0 J/ (.371 J/ g C x 15 C)
m = 16.0 g

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