If you put "specific heat of styrofoam" into Google you get a single listing which says:
[PDF] Physics 1012 Laboratory 8, Heat and Temperature
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... is c cup = . Compare experiment to theory using the percent error formula. The specific
heat for Styrofoam is 0.05 cal/g o C and aluminum is 0.215 cal/g o C. ...
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I think he generic styrofoam cups are actually .5 Cal/G*C because it I used .05, I come out with the result that two styrofoam cups weigh 600 grams---not possible.
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