Homework Help: Chemistry

Posted by Brittany on Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 9:46pm.

51.34 g of water at 81.5 oC is added to a calorimeter that contains 52.13 g of water at 40.7 oC. If the final temperature of the system is 59.4 oC, what is the calorimeter constant (Ccalorimeter) ? Use 4.184 J/goC for the heat capacity of water.

Chemistry - DrBob222, Friday, November 9, 2012 at 12:18am
[mass H2O x specific heat H2O x (Tfinal-Tinitial)] + [Ccal x (Tfinal-Tinitial)] = 0

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