Question: A student performing this experiment on a 65.25 g piece of tin used 200 grams of water instead of the prescribed 100 grams. The initial

  • A student performing this experiment on a 65.25 g piece of tin used 200 grams of water instead of the prescribed 100 grams.  The initial temperature of the calorimeter water was 18.8 o C.  The initial temperature of the metal was 99.6 o C.  Tin has a known specific heat of 0.226 J/g o C.  Determine the expected final temperature of the water/metal mixture in the calorimeter.

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