How much energy will be required to heat a "1.0 kg"1.0 kg mass of water from 25^@"C"25C to 99^@"C"99C?

2 Answers
Feb 28, 2015

You'd need "310 kJ"310 kJ to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water from 2525 to 99^@"C"99C.

So, you have all the information you need to use the equation

q = m * c * DeltaT, where

q - the amount of heat needed;
m - the mass of water - in your case 1.0 kg:
c - the specific heat of water;
DeltaT - the difference between the final temperature, 99^@"C", and the initial temperature, 25^@"C", of the water.

Plug your data into the equation to get

q = "1,000 g" * 4.18"J"/("g" * ^@"C") * (99-25)^@"C"

q = "309,320 J" = "+309.3 kJ"

Rounded to two sig figs, the answer will be

q = "+310 kJ"

Feb 28, 2015

It will require "310,000 J".

Explanation:

In order to answer this question, you you will need to use the following equation:

q = cmDeltaT,

where q is the quantity of heat gained or lost, c is the specific heat capacity (of water in this case), m is mass in grams, and DeltaT is the difference in temperature, DeltaT=T_"final"-T_"initial"

Known/Given:
c_"water"= 4.184 "J"/("g"*""^("o")"C"

m=1.0color(red)cancel(color(black)("kg"))xx"1000 g"/(1color(red)cancel(color(black)("kg")))=1.0xx10^3 "g"

T_i="25"^@"C"

T_f="99"^@"C"

DeltaT="99"^@"C" - "25"^@"C"="74"^@"C"

Unknown:
q

Solution:

Plug the known values into the equation and solve.

q=4.184"J"/(color(red)cancel(color(black)("g"))*""^@color(red)cancel(color(black)("C")))xx1.0xx10^3color(red)cancel(color(black)("g"))xx74^@color(red)cancel(color(black)("C")) = "310,000 J" (rounded to two significant figures)