A New Alloy Is Designed for Use in a Car

question 22

Multiple Choice

A new alloy is designed for use in a car radiator. If the 17.6 kg radiator required 8.69 × 10⁵ J of heat to warm from 22.1 ° C to 155.8 ° C, what is the specific heat of the new alloy?

• A) 0.365 J/g ° C
• B) 8.27 J/g ° C
• C) 0.00491 J/g ° C
• D) 1.70 J/g ° C

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