The specific heat of a certain type of metal is 0.128 J/(g⋅∘C). What was the intial temperature if 0.305 kJ of heat is added to 94.8 g of metal to reach a temperature of 85.0 ∘C?

The intial temperature : 59.865 °C

Heat added :

Q = m . c . ΔT

Q = heat, J  

m = mass, g  

c = specific heat, joules / g ° C  

∆T = temperature difference, ° C / K  

it is to be noted that an alpha particle is an helium nucleus. so it contains 2 protons 2 neutrons and has a mass number of 4. when alpha decay particles are ejected from the nucleus it gets transformed into an atom which has atomic number less than 2 and a mass number less than 4.

an equation that could represent alpha decay is radium 226 decay of alpha particle forms radon 222.

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