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Lesson: Chapter 9 — Heat

Calculating a quantity of heat 2 of 5

Question 2

500 g of aluminium is heated from 30 °C to 50 °C (c = 900 J kg-1 °C-1). How much heat does it take?

The right answer is the one marked above.

9000 J. m must be in kilograms: 0.5 × 900 × 20. Using 500 instead gives the million-joule figure.

Answer the question to continue.