A student measured the specific heat of water to be 4.29 J/g · C o . The literature value of the specific heat of water is 4.18 J/g · C o . What was the student’s percent error?

An electric kettle is made out of stainless steel, weighs two pounds (when empty) and is equipped with a heating element that consumes 2 kw of electricity. assuming that the water and the kettle are at the same uniform temperature at any moment of time, calculate the shortest possible time to bring 2 quarts of water from room temperature to the onset of boiling