Calorimetry, Specific Heat, and Calculations

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AP Chemistry › Calorimetry, Specific Heat, and Calculations

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1

How much heat does it take to heat 100g ice at 0C to boiling point?

Cice= 2.1 J/goC

Cwater= 4.2 J/goC

ΔHvap= 2260 J/g

ΔHfus=334 J/g

2

A 50g sample of a metal was heated to then quickly transferred to an insulated container containing 50g of at . The final temperature of the was .

Which of the following can be concluded?

3

Which of the following is the correct molar specific heat of water used when making calculations involving a calorimeter?

4

The specific heat capacity of an unknown liquid is 0.32\frac{J}{kg\cdot K}. The density of the liquid is 0.0321 \frac{g}{mL} If a chemist applies 243 J of heat to 300 mL of this liquid starting at 27.1^{\circ}C, what is the final temperature?

5

In which instance would a bomb calorimeter be more useful than a coffee-cup calorimeter?

6

The following is a list of specific heat capacities for a few metals.

A 50g sample of an unknown metal is heated with 800 joules. If the temperature of the metal increases by 41.6oC, what is the identity of the unknown metal?

7

A 20g sample of iron at a temperature of is placed into a container of water. There are 300 milliliters of water in the container at a temperature of .

What is the final temperature of the water?

8

How much energy is needed to raise the temperature of five grams of ice from to ?

9

You want to prepare a cup of tea. To do so, you pour of tap water at in a cup that does not absorb microwave radiation and heat it in a microwave oven at of power. If you assume a density of for the water and know that its specific heat capacity is , what time do you need to set in the microwave oven to heat the water to ?

10

How much heat is needed to raise grams of aluminum by ?

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