Question
How much heat energy is needed to change 95 g of water at 25^circ C into steam at 100^circ C ? Use 4.2(J)/(gcdot ^circ )C for the specific heat of water. Use 2260J/g for the heat of vaporization of water. (1 point) 2.1times 10^5 3.0times 10^4 1.8times 10^4 2.4times 10^5
Solution
4.7
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Answer
Here's how to calculate the total heat energy required:**1. Heating the water from 25°C to 100°C:*** Temperature change:
* Mass of water:
* Specific heat of water:
* Heat required (Q1):
**2. Vaporizing the water at 100°C:*** Mass of water:
* Heat of vaporization:
* Heat required (Q2):
**3. Total heat required:*** Total heat (Q):
Since the answer choices are given in scientific notation, we can express this as
. Rounding to two significant figures, we get
.Therefore, the correct answer is
.