What is the final temperature of the copper and water given that the specific heat of copper is 0.385 Jg.0C.
Here, we setting the heat values derived given the equation:
q=mCsΔT equal to each other as such
qwater+q(Cu)=0
∴qwater=−q(Cu)
Before we start i will assume the density of water is 1.00 g/mL.
50.4.184g.0C.(Tf−250C)=−[48.7g.0.385Jg.0C.(Tf)−76.80C]
209.2Tf−52300C=−18.75Tf+14400C
227.95Tf=66700C
Tf=29.30C