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1. The document discusses calorimetry and calculating heat transfer using specific heat capacity. It provides examples of calculating the heat required or released to change temperatures of various substances like water, copper, and silver. 2. Heat calculations are shown for heating water samples and determining the heat required to boil a pot of water. 3. The specific heat capacities provided are used to calculate heat values for changing substance temperatures.

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Mcat Practice

1. The document discusses calorimetry and calculating heat transfer using specific heat capacity. It provides examples of calculating the heat required or released to change temperatures of various substances like water, copper, and silver. 2. Heat calculations are shown for heating water samples and determining the heat required to boil a pot of water. 3. The specific heat capacities provided are used to calculate heat values for changing substance temperatures.

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Name____________________________

Period __ Date __/__/__


6  Energy and Chemical Reactions
CALORIMETRY
Measuring heat (formerly measured in calories) is called calorimetry. Now we measure heat energy in
Joules (J). The equation we use is:
q = heat energy
m = mass of water
q = m·C·T
C = the specific heat capacity
T = the change in temperature (in °C or K)

1. Water has a specific heat capacity of 4.184 J/g·°C.


This means it takes 4.184 J to heat 1.00 gram of water 1.00°C.
a) How much energy will it take to heat 10.0 grams of water 1°C? ______________
b) How much energy is needed to heat 30.0 g H2O from 10.0 °C to 50.0 °C? ____________

2. Let’s try a standard calorimetry problem.


A pot of water (2.5 Liters of water) initially at 25.0C is heated to boiling (100.°C).
How much energy (in J) is needed to heat the water? (The density of water is 1 g/mL.)

What would this amount of heat be in kJ? ___________

3. What amount of heat is released when 175 g of water cools from 100.°C to room temperature, 20.0 °C?

4. We don’t always have to warm up or cool down water. The specific heat capacity of copper metal is
0.39 J/g·°C. It is _____________ (easier/more difficult) to heat up copper than to heat up water.

How much energy would it take to heat up a 5.20 g sample of copper from 20.0 °C to 100.°C?

5. 74.8 J of heat is required to raise the temperature of 18.69 g of silver from 10.0C to 27.0C.

What is the specific heat capacity of silver? (J/g·C) note: This is a useful value for any sample of silver
that is heated or cooled. This is equivalent to the 4.184 J·g-1·°C-1 that we use for water. This value is
also called the specific heat.
1. Water has a specific heat capacity of 4.184 J/g·°C.
This means it takes 4.184 J to heat 1.00 gram of water 1.00°C.
a) How much energy will it take to heat 10.0 grams of water 1°C? ______________
q = (10g)(4.184J/g⁰C)(1⁰C)
q = 41.84 J → 41.8 J

b) How much energy is needed to heat 30.0 g H2O from 10.0 °C to 50.0 °C? ____________
q = (30.0g)(4.184J/g⁰C)(40⁰C)
q = 5020.8 J →5020 J

2. Let’s try a standard calorimetry problem.


A pot of water (2.5 Liters of water) initially at 25.0C is heated to boiling (100.°C).
How much energy (in J) is needed to heat the water? (The density of water is 1 g/mL.)

q = (2,500g)(4.184J/g⁰C)(100⁰-25⁰C)
q = 784,500J

1 KJ
What would this amount of heat be in kJ? 784,500J x 1000 J = 784.5 KJ

3. What amount of heat is released when 175 g of water cools from 100.°C to room temperature, 20.0 °C?

q = (175g)(4.184J/g⁰C)(20⁰C-100⁰C)
q = -58,576 J

4. We don’t always have to warm up or cool down water. The specific heat capacity of copper metal is
0.39 J/g·°C. It is _____________ (easier/more difficult) to heat up copper than to heat up water.

How much energy would it take to heat up a 5.20 g sample of copper from 20.0 °C to 100.°C?

q = (5.20g)(0.39J/g⁰C)(100.⁰C-20.0⁰C)
q = 162.24J →162 J
5. 74.8 J of heat is required to raise the temperature of 18.69 g of silver from 10.0C to 27.0C.

What is the specific heat capacity of silver? (J/g·C) note: This is a useful value for any sample of silver
that is heated or cooled. This is equivalent to the 4.184 J·g-1·°C-1 that we use for water. This value is
also called the specific heat.

74.8 J = (18.69g)(c)(27.0⁰C-10.0⁰C)

q
c = (m)(⍙T )

74.8 J
c = (18.69 g)(17⁰C)

c = 0.235 J/g⁰C

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