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Name: _______________________________________ Date: ____________ Period:_____

Calculating Heat and Specific Heat

Heat (q) Specific Heat


q = c x m x ΔT
Substance (J/g oC)
Specific Heat (c) Air 1.01
c= q___ Aluminum 0.902
m x ΔT
Copper 0.385
Variable Symbol Unit Gold 0.129
Heat q J Iron 0.450
Specific heat c (J/g 0C)
Mercury 0.140
mass m g
Change in ΔT 0
C NaCl 0.864
temperature Ice 2.03
Water 4.18

Example:
50 g of gold with a specific heat of 0.129 is heated to 115 0C; the gold cools until the final
temperature is 29.3 0C

Calculate the Heat of the Metal

q = m x c x ΔT

q metal = _______ J

Problems: Write the Formula, set up problem, and answer in correct units.

1. Ethanol which has a specific heat of 2.44 (J/gx0C). The temperature of 34.4 g of
ethanol increases from 25 0C to 78.8 0C.
How much Heat was absorbed?

2. 3 grams of Aluminum was heated from 20 0C to 662 0C while absorbing


1728 J of heat. What is the specific heat of Aluminum?

3. A metal mass of 5 grams absorbs 240 J of heat temperature increases


Temperature increases by 2000C. What is the specific heat?
4. Calculate the total amount of heat a beaker of water would absorb sitting
in the sun. The water has a mass of 500g, a specific heat of 4.184 (J/gx0C),
and had a change in temperature of 22 0C.

5. If the temperature of 100 g of water increases from 10 to 45 C, how much heat is
absorbed? (Specific heat of water = 4.184 J/gC)

6. If the temperature of 15 g of aluminum increases from 20 to 350 C, how much heat is
absorbed (specific heat of aluminum = 0.897 J/gC)

7. A 28 g coin absorbs 658 J of heat while it increases in temperature from 25 to 125 C.
What is the specific heat of the metal in the coin?

8. How much heat is required to raise the temperature of 854 g of water from 23.5°C to 85°C?
(HINT: use the specific heat for water)

9. How much heat is lost when 4110 gram metal bar whose specific heat is 0.2311 J/ g°C cools
from 100°C to 20°C.

10. What mass of water will be needed to change its temperature 25°C using 4,532 J of heat
energy?

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