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The temperature of the water was originally 16.0°C. The specific heat of water is approximately 4.18 J/g °C. What is the change in thermal energy? Assume the mass of the water i…

The temperature of the water was originally 16.0°C. The specific heat of water is approximately 4.18 J/g °C. What is the change in thermal energy? Assume the mass of the water i…
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The temperature of the water was

originally 16.0°C. The specific heat of
water is approximately 4.18 J/g °C.
What is the change in thermal energy?
Assume the mass of the water is 1.00
kg. (Show your work!)

User Hermann Schwarz
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Answer: 4182 J/kg°C

Explanation: molar heat capacity is J/mole C not J/gC. 4.18 J/gC x (18.0 g / mole) = 75.2 J/moleC

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