Science Help Online Worksheet 2-10h Heat Transfer Worksheet
by Kevin Clerkin
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This page is designed to help students practice written problems, and is meant to be printed out.  Hit the print command and show all work in the spaces provided.  Use the 5-step method, and be sure to round you answers correctly and include units where appropriate.

q = m(DT)Cp

Use the above formula to solve the problems below.   Remember to list the known and unknowns.

1.  How much heat is gained when a 20.0 g sample of water increases temperature from 50.0 °C to 60.0 °C? (Cp of water=4.18 j)

 

 

 
2.  How much heat is gained when a 50.32 g piece of aluminum is heated from 9.0 °C to 16 °C?

 

 

 
3.  How much heat is lost when a 15.34 g piece of nickel's temperature drops from 90.0 °C to 81.0 °C?

 

 

 

Answers                     1)    836 joules                                                  2)  320  joules                                                 3)  61.30 joules  

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