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An aluminum bar of mass 2.00 kg at 300 degrees C is thrown into a lake. The temperature of the water in the lake is 15.0 degrees C; the specific heat capacity of aluminum is 900 J/(kg* K).
The bar eventually reaches thermal equilibrium with the lake. What is the entropy change DeltaS_lake of the lake? Assume that the lake is so large that its temperature remains virtually constant.
Express your answer numerically in joules per kelvin.
The change in Q of the Lake, heat absorbed by the lake is = 5.13*10^5 J
When there is a heat transfer of change in Q to a substance at constant temperature T, the entropy change DeltaS of the substance is given by
\Delta S={\Delta Q}/{T},
where T is absolute temperature.
The bar eventually reaches thermal equilibrium with the lake. What is the entropy change DeltaS_lake of the lake? Assume that the lake is so large that its temperature remains virtually constant.
Express your answer numerically in joules per kelvin.
The change in Q of the Lake, heat absorbed by the lake is = 5.13*10^5 J
When there is a heat transfer of change in Q to a substance at constant temperature T, the entropy change DeltaS of the substance is given by
\Delta S={\Delta Q}/{T},
where T is absolute temperature.