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A 2.56g sample of anthracene C14H10, was burned to heat an aluminum calorimeter (mass= 948 g). The calorimeter contained 1.50 L of water with an initial temperature of 20.5oC and a final temperature of
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A 2.56g sample of anthracene C14H10, was burned to heat an aluminum calorimeter (mass= 948 g). The calorimeter contained 1.50 L of water with an initial temperature of 20.5oC and a final temperature of 34.3oC.

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Given:

mass sample: 2.56g C14H10
mass of calorimeter: 948g
mass of water: 1.50g (assuming 1g/L density)

Ti = 20.5 C
Tf = 34.3 C

Solving for the total heat:

delta H(water) = 1.50 * 4.184 * (34.3 - 20.5)
= 86.61 J


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