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The document contains 9 practice problems about heat transfer and calculating specific heat capacity. It provides the questions, known values like mass and temperature change, and the specific heat of common materials. The answer key shows the calculations to determine energy transferred and unknown values like specific heat.

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Heat Practice Problems

The document contains 9 practice problems about heat transfer and calculating specific heat capacity. It provides the questions, known values like mass and temperature change, and the specific heat of common materials. The answer key shows the calculations to determine energy transferred and unknown values like specific heat.

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CLASS COPY

HEAT Practice Problems

1. 5.0 g of copper was heated from 20°C to 80°C. How much energy was used to
heat Cu? (Specific heat capacity of Cu is 0.092 cal/g °C)

2. How much heat is absorbed by 20g granite boulder as energy from the sun
causes its temperature to change from 10°C to 29°C? (Specific heat capacity
of granite is 0.1 cal/gºC)

3. How much temperature is released T2 when 30 g of water at 96°C cools The


specific heat of water is 1 cal/g°C and Heat 1300KJ
4. If a 3.1g ring is heated using 10.0 Kj, its temperature rises 17.9°C. Calculate
the specific heat capacity of the ring.

5. The temperature of a sample of water increases from 20°C to 46.6°C as it


absorbs 5650 J of heat. What is the mass of the sample? (Specific heat of
water is 1.0 cal/g °C)

6. The temperature of a sample of iron with a mass of 10.0 mg changed from


50.4°C to 25.0°C with the release of 47 calories of heat. What is the specific
heat of iron?
7. A 4.50 g coin of copper absorbed 54 calories of heat. What was the final
temperature of the copper if the initial temperature was 25°C? The specific
heat of copper is 0.092 cal/g°C.

8. A 155 g sample of an unknown substance was heated from 25°C to 40°C. In


the process, the substance absorbed 569 calories of energy. What is the
specific heat of the substance?

9. What is the specific heat of an unknown substance if a 2.50 g sample releases


12 calories as its temperature changes from 25°C to 20°C?

ANSWER KEY

HEAT Practice Problems


Q = m x ∆T x C

1. 5.0 g of copper was heated from 20°C to 80°C. How much energy was used to
heat Cu? (Specific heat capacity of Cu is 0.092 cal/g °C) 27.6 cal

2. How much heat is absorbed by 20g granite boulder as energy from the sun
causes its temperature to change from 10°C to 29°C? (Specific heat capacity
of granite is 0.1 cal/gºC) 38 cal

3. How much heat is released when 30 g of water at 96°C cools to 25°C? The
specific heat of water is 1 cal/g°C. 2130 cal (endothermic)

4. If a 3.1g ring is heated using 10.0 calories, its temperature rises 17.9°C.
Calculate the specific heat capacity of the ring. 0.18 cal/g °C

5. The temperature of a sample of water increases from 20°C to 46.6°C as it


absorbs 5650 calories of heat. What is the mass of the sample? (Specific heat
of water is 1.0 cal/g °C) 212g
6. The temperature of a sample of iron with a mass of 10.0 g changed from
50.4°C to 25.0°C with the release of 47 calories of heat. What is the specific
heat of iron? 0.185 cal/g° C (endothermic)

7. A 4.50 g coin of copper absorbed 54 calories of heat. What was the final
temperature of the copper if the initial temperature was 25°C? The specific
heat of copper is 0.092 cal/g°C. 155° C

8. A 155 g sample of an unknown substance was heated from 25°C to 40°C. In


the process, the substance absorbed 569 calories of energy. What is the
specific heat of the substance? 0.24 cal/g °C

9. What is the specific heat of an unknown substance if a 2.50 g sample releases


12 calories as its temperature changes from 25°C to 20°C? 0.96 cal/g °C

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