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A Piece of Copper Metal Is Initially at 100

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A piece of copper metal is initially at 100.0°C. It is dropped into a coffee cup calorimeter containing 50.0 g of water at a temperature of 20.0°C. After stirring, the final temperature of both copper and water is 25.0°C. Assuming no heat losses, and that the specific heat (capacity) of water is 4.18 J/g·°C, what is the heat capacity of the copper in J/°C?


A) 2.79 J/°C
B) 3.33 J/°C
C) 13.9 J/°C
D) 209 J/°C
E) None of these choices is correct.

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