Specific heat of metal! :)

The purpose of this lab is to find the specific heat of the metal without having a flame or some form of heat directly on the metal. We find the specific heat with an equation q=mc(/\T), that is mass of water x the specific heat of water x the temperature change.Water holds heat longer then metals so the heat isn't directly on the metal
We were given the specific heats of water and metals.
Water - 4.184
Al- 0.897
Cu-0.385
Lead- 0.129
Brass- 0.385
Zn- 0.390

We did this by boiling a beaker of water with the metal inside on a hot plate till it got to a boil.



We then transferred the metal from the boiling water to another beaker of normal tap water with the initial temperature of 21.1°C. 



With the metal in the in the new water the temperature change was low. Only by 1.4°C, so the beaker of water was then 22.5°C









A problem in our lab was transferring the metal from the boiling water to the second beaker, there was a loss of heat but that is common. Other then that there was not an error. 



Our heat the water gained was:
 120.737 H2O x 4.184 x 1.4 = 707.22905 J

In conclusion I got that our metal was lead.