Question

The specific heat of iron has been experimentally found to be 450 J/(kg K). Discuss how close your calculation with this simulation came to that value. How much of an uncertainty range do you expect to get when calculating the mystery solids?

The specific heat I calculated was .46 J/g C

Answer 1

specific heat of iron obtained from experiment, C1 = 450 J/kgK

specific heat of iron obtained from calculation, C2 = 0.46 J/gK = 460 J/kgK

the value of specific heat of iron obtained from calculation is very close to the specific heat of iron obtained from experiment.

the uncertainty in the measurement of specific heat of iron = (( C2 - C1)/C1} x 100 = {460 - 450} x 100/450 = 2.22 %

the uncertainty range that can be expected when calculating  specific heat of mystery solid = 2.22 %