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Offline HorseFurHire

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Thermodynamics deltaH/deltaT
« on: March 25, 2011, 10:36:03 PM »
Hey guys. I am stuck on a question since our professor didn't show us how to calculate a certain part of the question:

A 110.0g sample of copper (specific heat capacity = 0.20 J/goC) is heated to 82.4oC, then placed into a container of water at 22.3oC. If the final temperature of the water and copper was 29.oC, what mass of water was present in the container?

I am wondering how to go about this since I don't know the specific heat capacity of the bucket. Help please?
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Re: Thermodynamics deltaH/deltaT
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2011, 11:07:04 PM »
Typically you are to ignore the containers and just calculate the system as the two components (copper and water).
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Re: Thermodynamics deltaH/deltaT
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2011, 01:21:50 AM »
In this case, the heat from the copper will  be transferred only to water.
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