An unknown metal of mass 192 g heated to a temperature of 100°C was immersed into a brass calorimeter of mass 128 g containing 240 g of water at a temperature of 8.4°C. Calculate the specific heat of the unknown metal if water temperature stabilizes at 21.5°C. (Specific heat of brass is 394 J kg –1 K –1 )
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Let specific heat of unknown metal be ' 
' According to principle of calorimetry, Heat lost
Solving we get, 
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