Question 8.4: CALCULATING A SPECIFIC HEAT What is the specific heat of sil...
CALCULATING A SPECIFIC HEAT
What is the specific heat of silicon if it takes 192 J to raise the temperature of 45.0 g of Si by 6.0 °C?
STRATEGY
To find a specific heat of a substance, calculate the amount of energy necessary to raise the temperature of 1 g of the substance by 1 °C.
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