A 500 g metal sphere is heated to 300°C, then dropped into

Chapter 17, Problem 19E

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Problem 19E

A 500 g metal sphere is heated to 300°C, then dropped into a beaker containing 4.08 kg of mercury at 20.0°C. A short time later the mercury temperature stabilizes at 99.0°C. Identify the metal.

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QUESTION:

Problem 19E

A 500 g metal sphere is heated to 300°C, then dropped into a beaker containing 4.08 kg of mercury at 20.0°C. A short time later the mercury temperature stabilizes at 99.0°C. Identify the metal.

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Here we have to identify the metal.

The mass of the metal sphere is,

\(m_{\text {metal }}=500 \mathrm{~g}=0.5 \mathrm{~kg}\) .

The temperature up to which it's heated is \(300^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\).

The beaker contains \(4.08 \mathrm{~kg}\) of mercury.

So,

\(m_{H g}=4.08 \mathrm{~kg}\)

 

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