A 3.00-kg block of silicon at 60.0°C is immersed in 6.00 kg of mercury at 20.0°C. What is the entropy increase of this system as it moves to equilibrium?
The specific heat of silicon is 0.17 cal/(g?K) and the specific heat of mercury is 0.033 cal/(g?K).
A)
8.8 × 10-1 J/K
B)
4.8 J/K
C)
6.9 J/K
D)
5.2 × 10-2 J/K
E)
-0.46 J/K
B
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