Chemistry quistion

Question

If the final temperature of the water and metal is 58.5 ∘C

, what is the specific heat of the metal?    

Express your answer in J/(g⋅∘C)

using three significant figures.

Answer 1

These are fun problems.

Usually you are given the starting temperature and volume or mass of the water and the block of metal.

Then you set q=mCΔT for the water and the metal equal to each other and solve for final temperature of both the water and cube.

To solve for final temperature, we would need original temperature of both the water and metal and the type of metal and the mass of each.