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The heat released in the combustion of benzoic acid, C6H5COOH, which is often used to calibrate calorimeters, is -3228 kJ/mol. When 1.658 g of benzoic acid was burned in a calorimeter, the temperature increased by 2.821 degrees Celsius. What is the heat capacity?
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