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5.1 Exercise 11

Avg difficulty 2.5

A piece of unknown solid substance weighs 437.2 g, and requires 8460 J to increase its temperature from 19.3 °C to 68.9 °C.

(a) What is the specific heat of the substance?

(b) If it is one of the substances found in the table, what is its likely identity?

OpenStax Chemistry 2e, 5.1 Energy Basics, exercise 11

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