A liquid at is poured very slowly into a Calorimeter that is at temperature of . The boiling temperature of the liquid is . It is found that the first of the liquid completely evaporates. After pouring another of the liquid to its specific heat will be ___. [Neglect the heat exchange with surrounding]
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Step 1: Identify the initial parameters of the system.
The given parameters are:
Step 2: Analyze the heating and evaporation of the first of liquid.
As the liquid is poured slowly, it absorbs heat from the calorimeter and its temperature rises from to according to:
Once the liquid reaches its boiling point of , it begins to evaporate. The heat required for this phase change is:
Since the first of the liquid completely evaporates, the liquid has reached its boiling point.
Step 3: Determine the temperature after adding more liquid.
When another of liquid is added, it continues to boil. During a phase change (boiling), the temperature of the liquid remains constant at its boiling point.
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