How to Calculate Entropy and Enthalpy in a Thermodynamics Problem

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The discussion revolves around calculating entropy and enthalpy in a thermodynamics context, specifically addressing parts c and d of a problem. Participants are exploring the relationships between heat transfer, temperature, and the resulting thermodynamic properties.

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  • The original poster attempts to calculate entropy using different methods and questions the validity of their approach. They express uncertainty about the calculations for both entropy and enthalpy. Other participants engage by affirming the original poster's reasoning and questioning the accuracy of their results.

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Participants are actively discussing the calculations and reasoning behind the entropy and enthalpy values. Some guidance has been offered regarding the mass used in the calculations, but there is no explicit consensus on the correctness of the original poster's approach.

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There are indications of missing information regarding the mass used in the calculations, and participants are questioning the assumptions made in the setup of the problem.

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I don't know how to do part c and part d. The answers are 1223 Jkg-1K-1 , 213.3 K respectively. (Answer for enthalpy not given)

It seems that they get the answer of part c by dividing 334kJ by 273 and multiply by 100 seconds.
However, Isn't that ds = dQ/T ? Change of Q in 100 seconds is 25130 J by part a, so isn't the entropy 25130/273 = 92.05 ? For the enthalpy, isn't it 25130J?

For part d, my answer is not accurate, my idea is as follow:
C(400)(T-213)=C(1)(273-T)
I got T=213.149K , why am I wrong?

Thank you so much
 

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Your assessment seems totally correct to me.
 
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Chestermiller said:
Your assessment seems totally correct to me.
Thanks for pointing that out. Why am I wrong?
 
Clara Chung said:
Thanks for pointing that out. Why am I wrong?
I don't think you are wrong.
 
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Clara Chung said:
For part d, my answer is not accurate, my idea is as follow:
C(400)(T-213)=C(1)(273-T)
The only thing that I see that is wrong is using 1 kg for the mass on the right side of the equation above. But, if you use the correct amount of mass, it won't really make much difference in the answer.
 
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