This is meant to be handed out to the students.
1. (3 pts.) If the heat capacity of water is 1
calorie/(gram-° C), how much energy does it take to
raise the temperature of 100 grams of water from room
temperature (25° C) to the boiling point (100° C)?
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* thermal energy = m C (T2-T1), *
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* where C is 1 calorie/(gram-¡C). *
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2. (2 pts.) The heat capacity of copper is closest to:
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