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Water (2270 g ) is heated until it just begins to boil. If the water absorbs 4.93×105 J of heat in the process, what was the initial temperature of the water?

 Jan 26, 2017
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Specific heat for water is 4.186 j/gm-C        Water boils at 100C

100 C - 4.93 x 10^5 j /(2270 g  x  4.186 j/gm-C)  = 48.11 degrees C

 Jan 26, 2017

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