Imagine a book that is falling from a shelf. At a particular moment during its fall, the book has a kinetic energy of 24 J and a potential energy with respect to the floor of 47 J. (a) How do the books kinetic energy and its potential energy change as it continues to fall? (b) What was the initial potential energy of the book, and what is its total kinetic energy at the instant just before it strikes the floor? (c) If a heavier book fell from the same shelf, would it have the same kinetic energy when it strikes the floor? [Section 5.1]
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Problem 54E
Calorimetry (Section)
Consider the data about gold metal in Exercise.
For the following processes, calculate the change in internal energy of the system and determine whether the process is endothermic or exothermic: (b) A 100.0-g bar of gold is heated from 25 °C to 50 °C during which it absorbs 322 J of heat. Assume the volume of the gold bar remains constant.
(a) Based on the data, calculate the specific heat of Au(s). (b) Suppose that the same amount of heat is added to two 10.0-g blocks of metal, both initially at the same temperature. One block is gold metal, and one is iron metal. Which block will have the greater rise in temperature after the addition of the heat? (c) What is the molar heat capacity of Au(s)?
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Problem 54ECalorimetry (Section)Consider the data about gold metal in Exercise.For the following processes, calculate the change in internal energy of the system anddetermine whether the process is endothermic or exothermic: (b) A 100.0-g bar of gold isheated from 25 °C to 50 °C during which it absorbs 322 J of heat. Assume the volume of thegold bar remains constant.(a) Based on the data, calculate the specific heat of Au(s). (b) Suppose that the same amount ofheat is added to two 10.0-g blocks of metal, both initially at the same temperature. One block isgold metal, and one is iron metal. Which block will have the greater rise in temperature after theaddition of the heat (c) What is the molar heat capacity of Au(s) Step-by-step solution Step 1 of 3(a)Specific heat is the amount of heat required to rise the temperature of one gram of a substanceby 1 . To calculate the specific heat of Au(s), take the date from Exercise 5.28(b). The data isas follows:Mass of the gold bar (m) is 100.0 g,Temperature changes from 25 °C to 50 °CT = 50°C - 25°C = 25°C = 25 KHeat absorbed (q) is 322 J.Substitute all these values in the following formula to calculate the specific heat of As(C ): qC = s m×T 322 J = 100.0 g×25K = 0.1288 J/g-K\nHence, the specific heat of Au(s) is 0.1228 J/g-K .
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