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Homework Statement
How many grams of steam at 100 deg. Celcius would be required to raise the temperature of 35.8 g solid benzene from 5.5 deg Celcius to 45.0 deg Celcius?
Assume that heat is only transferred from the steam (not the liquid water) and that the steam/water and benzene are separated by a glass wall and do not mix.
Homework Equations
Boiling point of benzene 5.5 C
Δfus of benzen is 9.87 kJ/mol
Specific heat of benzene is 1.63 J/g.C and 4.18 for water
ΔHvap for steam at 100 C is 40.7 kJ/mol
im not sure about this part, since i can't find it in my book.
so the total heat of the system Qtotal =0= Qgained+Qlost
or Qgained = -Qlost
Qgained = molesbenzen ×ΔH+mbenzen×Cbenzen×(45-5.5)
Qlost = moleswater×ΔHvap + mwater×C×water×(45-100)
The Attempt at a Solution
So it seem like my equation above are wrong
because m comes out as a negative value, which made no sense.
I am pretty sure I got the heat gained correct.
I just uncertain about the heat lost of the steam.
Please give me some help.
Thanks for your time
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