Question

Indigenous people sometimes cook in watertight baskets by placing hot rocks into water to bring it to a boil. What mass of 500°C granite must be placed in 4.00 kg of 15.0°C water to bring its temperature to 100 °C , if 0.0250 kg of water escapes as vapor from the initial sizzle?

1. To solve this problem, we need to know how many different steps of heat absorption take place before thermal equilibrium is reached. Please write a few sentences to describe the steps

2. We also need to know how many different steps of heat release take place. Please write a few sentences to describe the steps.

Answer 1