Homework Help: chemistry

Posted by john on Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 11:29am.

If a gram of water at sea level is heated from 37 degrees Celsius to 101 degrees. How much heat would be absorbed by the water?

chemistry - DrBob222, Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 12:54pm
q = mass x specific heat x (Tfinal-Tinitial)
chemistry - john, Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 4:36pm
4284.416. but what unit would it be in?
chemistry - DrBob222, Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 6:19pm
The mass H2O is in grams in the problem. What unit did you use for specific heat? If calories/gram then q is in calories. If in joules/gram then q is in joules.

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