Measuring Heat
This is a key- delete everything in red if youd like to use this in your class. These are guided notes for the content day of the biofuels PBL unit. Options for facilitation include but are not limited to: overhead with transparency (traditional) or discovery or text driven (students seeking info themselves).
Unit for measuring heat and all other forms of energy is the ___joule, J_____________. Another unit for measuring heat is the_________calorie, cal________________. To convert between these two units: 1 cal = 4.184 J 1000cal = 4184 J = 1 dietary Calorie= 4.2 kJ
cp = __q___ mT
*if heat energy is given in kJ AND mass is given in kg, you dont have to convert. ie. _kJ__ is the same as J__ because the units cancel. kg C g C
Name_________________________________ Chemistry
2. The specific heat of toluene, C7H8, is 1.13 J/gC. How many joules of heat are needed to raise the temperature of 40.0 grams of toluene from 10.4C to 28.0C?
3. A total of 15.7kJ (15700J) of heat are added to a 137.6 g sample of silver at 23C. What is the final temperature of the silver? The specific heat of silver is 0.24 J/gC. Rearranging the equation (and breaking T into final and initial temperature (Tf and Ti), we get Tf = __q___ + Ti = ______15700 J_____ + 23C = 498C cp m (0.24 J/gC) (137.6 g) Quick check: How would we convert to K? Answer: Add 273C, 771 K