EXERCISE 10-1 Energy Changes

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1 The specific heat of water is 4.184 J/g-oC. How many Joules does it take to heat 5.0 grams of water from 15oC to 45oC?
9.4x102 J
1.5x102 J
3.1x102 J
6.3x102 J
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2 The specific heat of iron is 0.449 J/g-oC. How many Joules does it take to heat 5.0 grams of iron from 15oC to 45oC?
67 J
1.0x102 J
6.3x102 J
34 J
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3 What is the ratio of the temperature change for iron to water if the same amount of heat is transferred to the same mass of each substance?
0.107
1.00
9.32
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4 Calculate the predicted temperature change if 125 calories are transfered to 25 g of water.
1.2oC
5.0oC
21oC
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5 Calculate the specific heat of a metal if 225 Joules warms up 15.0 g warms of the metal from 22.0oC to 61.0oC.
0.246 J/g-oC
0.682 J/g-oC
0.385 J/g-oC
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6 An approximate relation attributed to Dulong and Petit is that division of 25 by the specific heat (in J/g-oC) gives the atomic mass. Which of the metals below could be the metal in problem #5?
Pb
Cu
Sn
Al
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7 The heat of fusion of ice (the energy required to melt 1.00 gram of ice) is 6.01 kJ/mol. How much heat (in Joules) is required to melt 3.00 grams of ice at 0.0oC and raise the temperature of the water to 15.0oC?
1.82x105 J
1.19x103 J
1.89x102 J
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8 The melting point of a substance is the same as its:
boiling point
sublimation point
freezing point
condensation point.
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9 Sublimation is:
a phase change directly from solid to gas
a phase change from liquid to solid
a phase change from solid to liquid
the opposite of distillation
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10 Boiling occurs:
at 100oC.
below the melting point.
when the vapor pressure equals the confining pressure.
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11 A 25.0 g piece of aluminum at 100.0oC is immersed in 20.0 g of water originally at 22.0oC. The resulting temperature of the mixture is 38.5oC. Assuming the calorimetry constant is zero, calculate the specific heat of aluminum in J/g.oC.
1.2 J/g-oC
4.2 J/g-oC
0.90 J/g-oC
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