A 237-g piece of iron, initially at 100.0 °C, is dropped into 244 g of water at 10.0 °C. When the system comes to thermal equilibrium, the temperature is 18.5 °C. What is the specific heat capacity of iron? The specific heat capacity of water is 4.184 J/g K. Specific heat capacity = . J/g. K

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A 237-g piece of iron, initially at 100.0 °C, is dropped into 244
g of water at 10.0 °C. When the system comes to thermal
equilibrium, the temperature is 18.5 °C. What is the specific
heat capacity of iron? The specific heat capacity of water is
4.184 J/g. K.
Specific heat capacity
J/g. K
Transcribed Image Text:A 237-g piece of iron, initially at 100.0 °C, is dropped into 244 g of water at 10.0 °C. When the system comes to thermal equilibrium, the temperature is 18.5 °C. What is the specific heat capacity of iron? The specific heat capacity of water is 4.184 J/g. K. Specific heat capacity J/g. K
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