An object with a mass of #120 g# is dropped into #720 mL# of water at #0^@C#. If the object cools by #24 ^@C# and the water warms by #3 ^@C#, what is the specific heat of the material that the object is made of?
1 Answer
Sep 19, 2016
Specific heat of object is
Explanation:
Let the specific heat of object be
As quantum of heal gained / lost is given by
heat lost by objece is
and heat gained by water is
Now heat lost should be equal to heat gained
i.e.
Hence specific heat of object is