Question: When a solid dissolves in water, heat may be evolved or absorbed . The heat of dissolution ( dissolving ) can be determined using a

When a solid dissolves in water, heat may be evolved or absorbed. The heat of dissolution (dissolving) can be determined using a coffee cup calorimeter.
In the laboratory a general chemistry student finds that when 4.22 g of CuCl2(s) are dissolved in 107.40 g of water, the temperature of the solution increases from 24.70 to 28.17\deg C.
The heat capacity of the calorimeter (sometimes referred to as the calorimeter constant) was determined in a separate experiment to be 1.51 J/\deg C.
Based on the student's observation, calculate the enthalpy of dissolution of CuCl2(s) in kJ/mol.
Assume the specific heat of the solution is equal to the specific heat of water.
\Delta Hdissolution =
kJ/mol

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