Homework Help: chemistry

Posted by kayla on Monday, August 4, 2008 at 5:34pm.

A 55.0-g piece of copper wire is heated, and the temperature of the wire changes from 19 degrees C to 86 degrees C. The amount of heat absorbed is 343 cal. What is the specific heat of copper?

chemistry - DrBob222, Monday, August 4, 2008 at 5:35pm
q = mass x specific heat x delta T

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