Ablacksmith making a tool heats 525 grams of steel to 1230°c. after hammering the steel, she places it into a bucket of water to cool it. when she removes the steel from the water, it's at 50°c. how much heat does the steel release if its specific heat capacity is 0.486 joules/gram degree celsius?

You would be correct, boiling water does disinfect contamination.    the property of disinfecting means to kill  germs, bacteria and other pathogens or contamination  that might cause an infection or cause a person to become sickly. a couple methods of disinfecting are using soap, other cleaning supplies or by simply "boiling" the contaminate.  the reason why boiling water disinfects certain attributes is because some cells cannot survive the heat and pressure.

I'm sorry but i'm only grade

The answer is solid copper