Question

In part A, the metal object was heated in water. If some of the hot water was transferred to the calorimeter along with the metal object, what effect would this have on the calculated value of the specific heat of the metal

Answer 1

The calculated value of the specific heat capacity of the metal will be larger than the actual value

Step-by-step explanation:

If some of the hot water is transferred to the Calorimeter along with the metal object whose specific heat is to calculated the effect will be that the calculated value of the specific heat of the metal will be larger than normal

this can be explained with the equation below

= heat transferred to liquid in which metal was / Δ T metal

where ΔTmetal < heat transferred to liquid