The specific heat capacity of methane gas is 2.20 J/g-K. How many joules of heat are needed to raise the temperature of 5.00 g of methane from LaTeX: 36.0^\circ C36.0 ∘ C to LaTeX: 75.0^\circ C75.0 ∘ C?

Heat needed to raise the temperature : Q = 3432 J

Given

c = The specific heat capacity = 2.20 J/g-K

m = mass = 5 g

Δt = Temperature difference = 75-36 =39 °C=312 K

Required

Heat needed

Solution

Heat can be formulated

Q = m.c.Δt

Input the values :

Q = 5 g x 2.2 J/g-K x 312 K

Q = 3432 J

alkaline metals are lithium, sodium, rubidium, potassium, cesium and francium.

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electronegativity is a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons towards itself.

alkaline metals (far left in main group) have lowest ionizations energy and easy remove valence electrons,

for example, potassium is the alkali metal and has a single valence electron in the outer electron shell.

electron configuration of potassium is: ₁₉k 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s¹.

they can not exist alone in nature, because they are very reactive.