Alyssa performed an investigation by which she dropped a heated piece of copper into a calorimeter. She recorded some of the data below.
Mass of metal = 104g
Initial temperature of metal = 98.9 degrees C
Mass of water and calorimeter = 65.0g
Mass of empty calorimeter = 2.0g
Initial temperature of water = 22.0 degrees C
Final temperature of water = 33.5 degrees C
1. What was the final temperature of the copper? Explain your answer.
2. Describe the temperature change of the copper object, show your work.
3. Describe the temperature change of the water, show your work.
4. If the specific heat capacity of water is 4.19J/g*Degrees C, calculate the energy absorbed by the water. Show your work.
5. Determine the experimental specific heat capacity of the copper. Show your work.
6. Explain how phase changes of water are involved in the transfer of thermal energy in the hydrologic cycle.
Mass of metal = 104g
Initial temperature of metal = 98.9 degrees C
Mass of water and calorimeter = 65.0g
Mass of empty calorimeter = 2.0g
Initial temperature of water = 22.0 degrees C
Final temperature of water = 33.5 degrees C
1. What was the final temperature of the copper? Explain your answer.
2. Describe the temperature change of the copper object, show your work.
3. Describe the temperature change of the water, show your work.
4. If the specific heat capacity of water is 4.19J/g*Degrees C, calculate the energy absorbed by the water. Show your work.
5. Determine the experimental specific heat capacity of the copper. Show your work.
6. Explain how phase changes of water are involved in the transfer of thermal energy in the hydrologic cycle.