PH-740
Specific heat capacity
Physics · Secondary 3 · Hard · Specific heat capacity
A 0.80 kg block of metal at 90 °C is placed into 0.50 kg of water at 20 °C in an insulated container. The final temperature of the mixture is 30 °C. The specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J kg^−1 K^−1.
What is the specific heat capacity of the metal?
What is the specific heat capacity of the metal?
- 220 J kg^−1 K^−1
- 440 J kg^−1 K^−1
- 840 J kg^−1 K^−1
- 2100 J kg^−1 K^−1
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