80 g of lead into 80 g of water boiling at 100 degrees

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When 80 g of lead is placed into 80 g of water at 100 degrees Celsius, the lead will reach a temperature of approximately 95 degrees Celsius after 5 minutes, assuming no heat loss in the system. The heat capacity of lead is 129 J/(kg·K), while water has a heat capacity of 4187 J/(kg·K), indicating that water can absorb significantly more heat. This substantial difference in heat capacity ensures that the lead will not reach 100 degrees Celsius but will get very close.

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If I were to put about 80 g of lead into 80 g of water boiling at 100 degrees, after about 5 minutes, would the lead attain approximately 100 degrees or would it be significanty less?
 
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the heat capacity of lead is 129J/(kgK) and water is about 4187J/(kgK), which is more that 30 times, if we assume the no heat loss in the system, also assume the initial temperature of lead is 20C(room temperature),yes, the lead will be 95+ degree C, very close to 100
 

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