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How much Ice is melted per second?

Mark N: A silver bar of length 30 cm and cross sectional area 1.0 cm^2 is used to transfer heat from a 100 degrees C reservoir to a 0 degree C block of ice. How much ice is melted per second? (For silver, k = 427 (SI units). For ice, Lf = 334 000 J/kg.)

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Help with C=Q/(M)(delta)(T) to find specific heat?

Dan P: please show me how to do this problem.
A 1000g block of aluminum releases 27.090 kilojoules as it cools from 55 degrees C to 25 degrees C. What is the specific heat of aluminum?

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A 134 g stainless steel ball bearing (sp ht = 0.50 J g-1 °C-1) at 525°C is dropped onto a large block of ice a

toocool: A 134 g stainless steel ball bearing (sp ht = 0.50 J g-1 °C-1) at 525°C is dropped onto a large block of ice at 0°C, what mass of liquid water will form? (H°fusion = 6.01 kJ/mol H2O(s))

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What was the initial temperature of the copper block?

kattypillar5: A well-insulated container holds 1.50 kg of water at 22.0°C. A 2.98 kg copper block is heated in an oven, then completely submerged in the water. When the liquid water and the copper block reach thermal equilibrium, their common temperature is 42.0°C, but 0.0100 kg of the water has become water vapor at 100°C. [...]

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How many J of heat are necessary to raise the temperature of a 1.05-kg block of iron from 24.0 C to 86.5 C?

ICEMAN: he specific heat of iron metal is 0.450 J/g .K

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69.7 kJ of heat is applied to a 1017-g block of metal, the temperature of the metal increases by 11.4 °C?

lzzrd87: Calculate the specific heat capacity of the metal in J/g °C.

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A metal cylinder with a volume of 5.25 L contains 3.22g of He(g) and 11.56g of N2(g) at 15 degrees C?

Anthony: (a)A metal cylinder with a volume of 5.25 L contains 3.22g of He(g) and 11.56g of N2(g) at 15 degrees C.
(i) Calculate the total pressure in the cylinder.
(ii) Calculate the partial pressure of N2(g) in the cylinder.
(b) A 1.50 L container holds a 9.62g sample of an unknown [...]

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How many Calories are required to raise the temp of a can of diet cola from refrigerator temp to body temp?

preteargraphic: How many Calories (note capital C) are required to raise the temperature of a can of diet cola (12 fluid ounces) from refrigerator temperature to body temperature? What percentage of the energy (Calories) in the can of diet cola is required to do this? Assume, for the moment, that the diet cola has the [...]

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Predict the alcohol that would be produced from the compound?

Jane Y: Using the reaction scheme below:
H2/Catalyst
R – COOH → [...]

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The building block of silicate minerals is the?

glamourlolly: The building block of silicate minerals is the
a.trigonal-planar SiO3 unit.
b.octahedral SiO6 unit.
c.tetrahedral SiO4 unit.
d.bent SiO2 unit.
e.linear SiO unit.

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