Question

Data Sheet

Table 1. Steel Bolt Specific Heat Data

	Bolt Ti (°C)	Water Ti (°C)	Water and Bolt Tf (°C)	Water ΔT = Tf - Ti	Bolt ΔT (°C)	Bolt Mass (kg)	Water Mass (kg)
Steel Bolt	72	20	23	3	72	.021	.15

Post-Lab Questions

A. The heat lost by the hot bolt is equal to the heat gained by the water in the calorimeter. Use the equations provided above and what you know about heat to solve for the specific heat (C) of the steel. Show your work.

B. What is the specific heat of steel from Table 1? Find the percent error for your calculated specific heat relative to this accepted value. Show your work.

C. What was the difference between your calculation and the actual specific heat of steel? How could you improve the experiment to reduce this error?

Answer 1

Answer

Please cross check with the values given in table. Error is very big