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Posted by Sarah on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 5:11pm.

The heat energy needed to raise the temperature of 10.0 g of metal by 10.0°C would exceed 25 calories for which metals on the periodic table?

chemistry - DrBob222, Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 5:27pm
q = mass metal x sp.h. x delta T
25 cal = 10g x sp.h. x 10
sp.h. = 25/100 = 0.25 cal/g.
Here is a link the specific heats of common metals.
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/specific-heat-metals-d_152.html

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