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Solid mercury with a mass of .800kg and a temp of -40.0 degrees C is placed on top of a block of copper with a mass of 1.00 kg and a temp of -10.0 degrees C.
Determine the temperature and phase of each substance when equilibrium is reached, assuming the system is thermally isolated. Also, assume the specific heat of solid and liquid mercury are the same.
An application of principle of calorimetry to find the equilibrium temperature of a two substance system and determination of the phase of each substance.