3.70 g of boiling water at 100.0°C was splashed onto a burn victim’s skin and cooled to 42.8°C on the 37.0°C skin. How much heat is given up by the water? Specific heat capacity of water is 4.186 J/(g·K). How much tissue mass, originally at 37.0°C, was involved in cooling the water? Specific heat of human tissue at 1.00 atm and 20.0°C is 3.50 J/(g·K).

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3.70 g of boiling water at 100.0°C was splashed onto a burn victim’s skin and cooled to 42.8°C on the 37.0°C skin.

How much heat is given up by the water? Specific heat capacity of water is 4.186 J/(g·K).

How much tissue mass, originally at 37.0°C, was involved in cooling the water? Specific heat of human tissue at 1.00 atm and 20.0°C is 3.50 J/(g·K).

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