An unknown substance has a mass of 25.9 g. The temperature of the substance increases from 28.7 °C to 42.9 °C when 86.4 J of heat is added to the substance. The table lists the specific heats of select substances. Substance lead silver copper iron aluminum water Specific heat [J/(g. °C)] 0.128 0.235 0.385 0.449 0.903 4.184 What is the most likely identity of the unknown substance? water silver lead copper iron aluminum
An unknown substance has a mass of 25.9 g. The temperature of the substance increases from 28.7 °C to 42.9 °C when 86.4 J of heat is added to the substance. The table lists the specific heats of select substances. Substance lead silver copper iron aluminum water Specific heat [J/(g. °C)] 0.128 0.235 0.385 0.449 0.903 4.184 What is the most likely identity of the unknown substance? water silver lead copper iron aluminum
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![An unknown substance has a mass of 25.9 g. The temperature of the substance increases from 28.7 °C to 42.9 °C when 86.4 J of
heat is added to the substance. The table lists the specific heats of select substances.
Substance
lead
silver
copper
iron
aluminum
water
Specific heat [J/(g. °C)]
0.128
0.235
0.385
0.449
0.903
4.184
What is the most likely identity of the
unknown substance?
water
silver
lead
copper
iron
aluminum](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fd2659b4c-30a6-48d4-90ed-e5c7a02f7b8e%2Fc1852148-7de7-4e83-a14e-749d14b8c91d%2Fgpxvnnu_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:An unknown substance has a mass of 25.9 g. The temperature of the substance increases from 28.7 °C to 42.9 °C when 86.4 J of
heat is added to the substance. The table lists the specific heats of select substances.
Substance
lead
silver
copper
iron
aluminum
water
Specific heat [J/(g. °C)]
0.128
0.235
0.385
0.449
0.903
4.184
What is the most likely identity of the
unknown substance?
water
silver
lead
copper
iron
aluminum
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