Water Has a Relatively High Specific Heat Compared to Metals

question 14

Multiple Choice

Water has a relatively high specific heat compared to metals.If a 20-g piece of a nonreactive metal at 80 °C is dropped into 20 g of cool water at 20 °C,what will be the final temperature of water and metal together?

• A) 50 °C
• B) somewhere between 20 °C and 50 °C
• C) somewhere between 50 °C and 80 °C
• D) 100 °C

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