The Starship Enterprise is caught in a time warp and Mr. Spock is forced to use the primitive techniques of the 20th century to determine the specific heat capacity of an unknown mineral. He stopped at the Dunkin' Donuts on the way and grabbed a Styrofoam™ cup to use as a calorimeter. The 251-g sample was heated to 109.2 °C and placed into the calorimeter containing 53.2 g of water at 21.3 °C. The final temperature in the calorimeter was T(final)°C. What is the specific heat capacity of the mineral? Specific heat of water = 4.184 J/g·°C.
How do I find the specific heat capacity when the final temperature is unknown?
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