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Homework Statement
You cool a 90.0 g slug of red-hot iron (temperature 745 C) by dropping it into an insulated cup of negligible mass containing 85.0 g of water at 20.0 C. Assume no heat exchange with the surroundings.
What is the final temperature of the water?
Homework Equations
q = mc[tex]\Delta[/tex]T and most likely q = mL
The Attempt at a Solution
I know this is a fairly straight forward question but I am not receiving the right value for the temperature of the water. I use the formula q(water) = -q(iron) and solve for T(2). I keep getting back 97C, but the correct answer (apparently) should be 100C because for the next part of the question you need to figure out how much water is left over from some of it converting to steam.
Here is some additional information: The specific heat capacity I'm using for Iron is 470 J/kgK and for water 4190 J/kgK