Question

The specific heat of aluminum is 0.214 cal/g.oC. Determine the energy, in calories, necessary to raise the temperature of a 55.5 g piece of aluminum from 23.0 to 48.6oC.

Answer 1

For this problem, we use the formula for sensible heat which is written below:

Q= mCpΔT
where Q is the energy
Cp is the specific heat capacity
ΔT is the temperature difference

Q = (55.5 g)(0.214 cal/g·°C)(48.6°C- 23°C)
Q = 304.05 cal