Determine the final temperature of a gold nugget (mass = 376 g) that starts at 398 k and loses 4.85 kj of heat to a snowbank when it is lost. the specific heat capacity of gold is 0.128 j/g°c. 398 k

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Maurice

1 September, 23:42

Determine the final temperature of a gold nugget (mass = 376 g) that starts at 398 k and loses 4.85 kj of heat to a snowbank when it is lost. the specific heat capacity of gold is 0.128 j/g°c. 398 k

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Zaire Higgins · Answer 1

In this case, heat lost is equal to mass times specific heat capacity times change in temperature. We convert the 4.85 kj to a whole number (4850) then multiply the mass (376) by specific heat capactiy (0.128) and then multiply by the overall change in temperature (398-T). We are left with 100.77 being equal to 398 - T, and after finishing the equation, T equals 297.23K.