How does specific heat capacity affect heat retention?

Answer 1

Not sure what you mean by "how does it work," but Wikipedia has a very well written article on Specific Heat Capactiy. I'm sure it contains the information and explanantion you're looking for. See the web link.

Answer 2

A substance with higher specific heat capacity means it has higher heat energy storage but it can hold the heat for certain time depending on the structure, colour, ambient temperature, surface area and so on. For example if you heat substance A ( higher specific Capacity ) and B (lower heat capacity, for 5 hours. Then the amount of heat stored in the substance A will be higher than B. If the surface area is large which would enable the more molecular interaction and it cools down rapidly. While in case of compact object the process can be just opposite.

So basically, specific heat capacity can be taken as reservoir , the more the better if you want store the heat for certain time. I am environmental engineering and i have been researching about it.

Answer 3

For any given substance, the heat capacity of a body is directly proportional to the amount of substance it contains (measured in terms of mass or moles or volume). Doubling the amount of substance in a body doubles its heat capacity, etc. However, when this effect has been corrected for, by dividing the heat capacity by the quantity of substance in a body, the resulting specific heat capacity is a function of the structure of the substance itself. In particular, it depends on the number of degrees of freedom that are available to the particles in the substance, each of which type of freedom allows substance particles to store thermal energy.

Answer 4

Hydrogen bonds

Per mole of atoms

Per mole of molecules

impurities

Degrees of freedom

Answer 5

The denser a material, the better its conductivity. Gas is worse than solids.

Answer 6

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