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Solving this gives T i,rebar = 248 °C, so the initial temperature of the rebar was 248 °C.
The initial temperature of the copper was 335.6 °C.
The final temperature (reached by both copper and water) is 38.8 °C.
This method can also be used to determine other quantities, such as the specific heat of an unknown metal.
In expanded form, this is:
Noting that since the metal was submerged in boiling water, its initial temperature was 100.0 °C; and that for water, 60.0 mL = 60.0 g; we have:
Solving this:
Comparing this with values in [link] , our experimental specific heat is closest to the value for copper (0.39 J/g °C), so we identify the metal as copper.
c metal = 0.13 J/g °C
This specific heat is close to that of either gold or lead. It would be difficult to determine which metal this was based solely on the numerical values. However, the observation that the metal is silver/gray in addition to the value for the specific heat indicates that the metal is lead.
When we use calorimetry to determine the heat involved in a chemical reaction, the same principles we have been discussing apply. The amount of heat absorbed by the calorimeter is often small enough that we can neglect it (though not for highly accurate measurements, as discussed later), and the calorimeter minimizes energy exchange with the surroundings. Because energy is neither created nor destroyed during a chemical reaction, there is no overall energy change during the reaction. The heat produced or consumed in the reaction (the “system”), q reaction , plus the heat absorbed or lost by the solution (the “surroundings”), q solution , must add up to zero:
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