Question

When a metal at a higher temperature is transferred to h2O at a lower temperature, heat is inevitably lost to the calorimeter.?
Will this unmeasured heat lost increase or decrease the calculated value of the specific heat of the metal? Explain

Answer 1

Answer:

- Heat is lost during the process.

- The heat lost causes a decrease in the temperature, so the heat capacity is decreased.

Explanation:

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At first, due to the fact that the water is cooler than the metal, it cools down allowing heat to be lost, so the temperature is decreased based on the initial hot temperature.

On the other hand, as the heat capacity depends on the temperature, such relationship states that the higher the temperature, the higher the heat capacity, nevertheless, at high temperatures the effect is roughly neglectable, thus, as the temperature decreases, the heat capacity is likely to decrease in this case.

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