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In the laboratory a"coffee cup" calorimeter, or constant pressure calorimeter, is frequently used to determine the specific heat of a solid, or to measure the energy of a solution phase reaction. A student heats65.62grams ofzincto98.24 °C and then drops it into a cup containing75.87grams of water at23.87 °C. She measures the final temperature to be29.24 °C. The heat capacity of the calorimeter (sometimes referred to as thecalorimeter constant) was determined in a separate experiment to be1.54J/°C. Assuming that no heat is lost to the surroundings calculate the specific heat ofzinc. what is the Specific Heat (Zn) = ? J/g°C.
Heat lost by hot zinc = heat gained by water + heat gained by calorimeter
Specific heat of Zinc x temp change of zinc x mass of zinc = specific heat of water x temp change x mass of water
+ specific heat of calorimeter x temp change
S x ( 98.24-29.24) x 65.62 = (4.184 x ( 29.24-23.87) x 75.87) + ( 1.54 x ( 29.24-23.87)
S x 4527.78 = 1704.653 + 8.2698
S = 0.3783 J/gC is specifi heat of zinc