Homework Help: specific heat capacity

Posted by D on Monday, September 26, 2011 at 1:33am.

How much heat would be required to heat 1 gram of pure liquid water from 10C to 20C?

How would i approach this problem?

specific heat capacity - D, Monday, September 26, 2011 at 2:29am
figured it out.
specific heat capacity - joker, Friday, November 25, 2011 at 7:54am
20-10=10*1*4.18=41.8 joul/1 gm
1 cal = 4.18 joul
s.h.w=1 cal/gm

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