U9 - 3 - Mixed Thermo Problems
U9 - 3 - Mixed Thermo Problems
U9 - 3 - Mixed Thermo Problems
1. What is the specific heat of gold if the temperature of a 8.14 g sample is increased by 6.2°C when 6.51 J
of heat are added?
Answer: ______________
2. When a 12.8g sample of KCl dissolves in 75.0g of water in a calorimeter, the temperature drops from
31.0°C to 21.6°C.
1 KCl (s) → 1 K+ (aq) + 1 Cl- (aq)
a. Find the heat released by the water.
Answer: ______________
Answer: ______________
3. A 63.5 g chunk of copper was heated in a Bunsen burner flame until it was red hot. It was then dropped
into a styrofoam cup containing 100. g of water at 21.0˚C. The metal and water reach an equilibrium
temperature of 65.7˚C.
Answer: ______________
b. What was the heat change of the copper?
Answer: ______________
c. What was the initial temperature of the copper?
Answer: ______________
4. The reaction of 50. mL of 2.0 M sodium hydroxide solution with 50. mL of 2.0 M hydrochloric acid
solution is carried out in a styrofoam cup. Before mixing, both solutions are at 24.0˚C. After mixing, the
temperature rose to 36.0˚C.
a. Assume that there are 100. g of water in the final mixture. What was the heat change of the water
during the reaction?
Answer: ______________
b. Where did the water get the heat?
Answer: ______________
d. What was the heat change per mole of HCl?
Answer: ______________
Chem Unit 9 – Mixed Thermochem Name:
problems Date: Block:
5. How much heat, in joules, is needed to warm 50.0 g of iron from 20.0C to 100.0C?
(CPFe = 0.4494 J/g oC)
Answer: ______________
6. If 31,500 joules of heat 750. g of water initially at 22.0C, how hot will the water get?
Answer: ______________
7. How many kilojoules are required to heat 200. grams of water from 25.0C to 125.0C? Sketch and label
a heating curve first. (ΔHv = 2260 J g-1; Cpsteam = 2.02 J g-1 C-1)
Answer: ______________
8. Determine the specific heat of a certain substance if a 450. kg sample loses 3450 kJ of heat as its
temperature drops by 9.70C.
Answer: ______________
Answer: ______________
Answers: (1) 0.129 J g-1 C-1 (2a) 2950 J (2b) -17.2 kJ mol-1 (3a) 18.7 kJ (3b) -18.7 kJ (3c) 831°C (4a) 5020 J (4b)
(4c) -5020 J (4d) -50.2. kJ mol-1 (5) 1.80 kJ (6) 32.0°C (7) 525 kJ (8) 0.790 J g-1 C-1 (9a) 0°C (9b)