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A 10. g sample of metal of unknown heat capacity is heated to 95 oC. This hot sample of metal is placed in 100. g of water at 35 oC in a calorimeter. The temperature at thermal equilibrium is 38 oC. Use this information to determine the heat capacity of the metal that is placed in the calorimeter.
Note: the heat capacity of water is 4.184 J/goC
0.22 J/g.K
84 J/g.K
2.2 J/g.K
8.4 J/g.K
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