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Ib physics, specific heat capactity help?


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I did a lab in my physics class, and I'm a little stuck. I used a 12 V power supply to test the specific heat an unknown metal, and recorded the change in temperature, time, and simultaneously had a joulemeter hooked up, converting the difference in energy to joules. so, i have joules, time, and change in temperature. how would i graph this data so that the slope/gradient is the specific heat??

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ohhh I did a similar experiment some time ago :)

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hence, you plot change in temperature against time, and the gradient is Power over mass times specific heat capacity.

if you need help just post here, I might help a little since I did a similar lab.

EDIT: latex fail...decided to go for an image attachment

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