A Piece of Copper Metal Is Initially at 100 C It Is Dropped into a Coffee Cup Calorimeter Containing
A piece of copper metal is initially at 100.0 C. It is dropped into a coffee cup calorimeter containing 50.0 g of water at a temperature of 20.0 C. After stirring, the final temperature of both copper and water is 25.0 C. Assuming no heat losses, and that the specific heat (capacity) of water is 4.18 J/(g ? K) , what is the heat capacity of the copper in J/K?
A) 2.79 J/K
B) 3.33 J/K
C) 13.9 J/K
D) 209 J/K
E) None of these choices is correct.
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