Practice - Mixing (Solution) Calorimetry
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Practice Questions
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What is the definition of calorimetry?
💡 Hint: Think about what we measure when substances interact thermally.
What is thermal equilibrium?
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when hot and cold objects are mixed.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What principle underlies mixing calorimetry?
💡 Hint: Reflect on what happens when substances at different temperatures contact each other.
True or False: A calorimeter should ideally lose heat to the surroundings.
💡 Hint: Think about the definition of a 'perfect' calorimeter.
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Challenge Problems
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A calorimeter contains 500 g of water at 25 °C. A 200 g copper piece at 150 °C is added. After reaching thermal equilibrium, what is the final temperature? Specific heat capacity of water is 4186 J/kg·K and for copper is 385 J/kg·K.
💡 Hint: Carefully isolate T_final on one side of the equation.
In a well-insulated container, 3 kg of ice at -10 °C is mixed with 2 kg of water at 70 °C. What will be the final temperature? Use the latent heat of fusion of ice (334,000 J/kg) for calculations.
💡 Hint: Keep track of phase changes and heat balance carefully.
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