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A flow calorimeter is a device used to measure the specific heat of a liquid. Energy is added as heat at a known rate to a stream of the liquid as it passes through the calorimeter at a known rate. Measurement of the resulting temperature difference between the inflow and the outflow points of the liquid stream enables us to compute the specific heat of the liquid. Suppose a liquid of density flows through a calorimeter at the rate of . When energy is added at the rate of by means of an electric heating coil, a temperature difference of is established in steady-state conditions between the inflow and the outflow points. What is the specific heat of the liquid?
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VerifiedIt is given that the density of the liquid is , volume of the liquid through the calorimeter is , heat/energy added is Joule.
Since change in temperature when heat is added C, to find the specific heat of the liquid , we use the Energy Formula as
Therefore, the specific heat of the liquid is
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