Chapter 5: Q6E (page 268)
Question: How much heat, in joules and in calories, must be added to a 75.0鈥揼 iron block with a specific heat of 0.449 J/g 掳C to increase its temperature from 25 掳C to its melting temperature of 1535 掳C?
Short Answer
The heat required to raise the temperature in joules = 50,849 J
The heat required to raise the temperature in calories = 12,147 calories