Heat Capacity, Specific Heat, and Calorimetry

We can use coffee cups to do simple experiments to figure out how quickly different materials heat up and cool down. It's called calorimetry. Take a look!
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[@gabriels2395]

At the beginning, it thought I would be really difficult, but you explained it well! I see that you omitted the cancelation of the negative signs of the metal q and the metal Delta temperature, that confused me at first but made me think a little harder (which was good!). Thank you again!

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Hello guys, just to help you guys out the equations is missing negative in the calculation. To end up with the Ans: 2.19 J/g °C i thought i would simplify for those that may need it. Don't forget the metal is losing energy and the water or liquid is gaining energy 'joules' So :- Qmetal/metal DT " -850J /(4.82) (-80.5°C) = 2.190665189. COOL WELL EXPLAINED VIDEO THOUGH. hope this helped.

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I would much prefer you use the equality of heat lost = heat gained. q(water) = -q(metal) Thus you can be consistent in the determination of delta T as final T - initial T. Your video is really nice for an introduction to the concept of calorimetry but may be confusing when instructors discuss exothermic changes which are given a negative q or delta H.

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Τhank you very much for sharing! I am watching you lectures to revise material which is needed in order to earn my master's degree. The only thing that I would like to say is that since the volume of the water has two significant figures, the end result should have two significant figures too [2.2 J/(gr*°C)] (3:38). Apropos, I couldn't find a metal that has this specific heat; could you reveal it to me?

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the initial temperature of the metal is 115 so you have to use that!

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@@ProfessorDaveExplains sir why we are taking the subtraction whether both are differently placed?

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Hi@@ProfessorDaveExplains, I also have a question. Why are we subtracting from the initial temp for the delta T (change in temp) and not from the final temp (i.e. 34.5 C - 115 C)?

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For practical reasons, the change in water temperature is to be recorded in time. When the graphic peaks, that is the temperature change for the given equations. That is because the calorimeter change heat with the environment as well. Your thoughts?

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What is the initial value of metal temperature?

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Hello prof. , im confused by the concept of this question which is contrast to my understanding, the solution explains that the q of the diamond is equal to the "-" q of the water (q[diamond]= - q[water]. Why did the water absorbed heat and has a negative value? 5. As a purity check for industrial diamonds, a 10.25-carat diamond (1 carat = 0.2000 g) is heated to 74.21 oC and immersed in 26.05 g of water in a calorimeter. The initial temperature of the water is 27.20 oC. If the specific heat of diamond is 0.519 J/g oC, what is the final temperature of the water?

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What's the difference between ''heat transfer'' and ''change in temperature''?

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At a village a mother heats 4 liters of water with a paraffin stove from a temperature of 18 °C. She later noticed that 20 g of the paraffin was used up. Calculate the final temperature of the water if the heat value of paraffin is 31 MJ/kg and the specific heat capacity of water is 4187 J/kg. °C.

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Thanks that helped alot But did you assume that the metal started up at 25.5°C when the question doesn't mention it. I thought that when the starting temperature isn't mentioned we just take the standard which is 25. So my answer was slightly different, s≈1.958J/g°C

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Sir, how specific heat different from conductivity or with other mode of heat transfer....

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I have another question is Does material has high heat capacity means to faster speed in change of temperature , in the condition of provide same heat to different material?

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In the problem 4.82g of an unknown metal is heated to 115.0c and then placed in 35L of water at 28.7c,which then heats uptp 34.5c.What is the specific heat of the metal? For the waterq=(4.186 j/g) (35g)(5.8c) how or where did you get the 5.8cand for the Metal 850j =s(4.82g)(80.5c) S=2.19 j/g cwhere or how to get 80.5c as these temperatures are not mentioned in the question and also when i multiply the specific heat and the temperature i dont get 2.19 j/g ci get 4.82*80.5=388.01 Please explain at your earliest convenience as iam in a dark dark place

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Hi, umm.. I had a question about the metal and water example... When you were calculating the specific heat of the metal, why did you choose the ΔT to be the difference of temperature between the temperature of the boiling water and temperature of the water on coffee cup?

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So the metal starts out in the boiling water, and it ends up in the cup at equilibrium, so those are the two temperatures for the metal!

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2:31 Is the specificheat before or after the water absorbs the heat from the rock?

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3:45 why was the difference in water temperature not subtracted from the temperature of the metal, and why the total temperature was subtracted from the temperature of metal?

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Why is 66.5 degrees not a negative change in temperature at 3:05? The temperature of the metal decreases to reach the final temperature, right?

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For the comprehension question: In the question itself, you said that the unknown metal was placed in 35mL of water. However, when solving for the water, you wrote 35g. Was that a mistake or was it intentional?

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water is 1.0 g/mL!

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hey professor dave, thanks a lot for the explanation but I have a question though in the example how could the initial temperature of the metal be 100c and the water is 25c but the final temperature for both of them is 33.8c shouldn't it be at 62.5c so both of them can be at thermal equilibrium? are these just arbitrary numbers for the example or am I missing something??

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the hot metal starts at the hot temperature, and it is placed into room temperature water. then the system equilibrates at an intermediate temperature, but these objects have totally different specific heats, the metal cools at a different rate than water heats, so the final temperature is not just the average of the temperatures, you have to do the math

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Professor, I really didn't understand that from where did we get the value (80.5°C) in the comprehension ??? Someone please help me...🙏🏻

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it's just the change in temperature!

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But how did you work that out

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@@kevinakussah4736 final temperature minus initial temperature

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Specific Heat of Water is 4.186 J/gC for the comprehension part.

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how does he get 4.186?

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shouldn't be the q in computing for the specific heat capacity of metal be negative? Heat was released by the metal isn't it?

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Sir specific heat capacity can we called as specific heat or both differ??

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

nope they are different! heat capacity applies to a whole object, specific heat applies to one gram of a particular material.

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But specific Heat is the same thing as specific heat capacity because all your adding is a capacity to the name.

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where did he get the 9.25g and 66.2 C in his computation for specific heat of metal?