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What does it mean to say that the specific heat capacity of water is greater than that of iron?
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∙ 13y ago
Heat capacity is the amount of heat needed to increase the temperature of an element (a given mass) by a temperature unit.
Specific Heat Capacity is the amount of heat in Joulesneeded to heat 1kg of an element by 1 degree Kelvin.
Joules per Kilogram Kelvin
If the SHC of water is higher than that of iron, it means, you need more heat to increase the temperature of 1kg of water in 1 degree Celsius, than the heat you need to increase the temperature in 1 degree Celsius of the same mass of iron.
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A Celsius temperature difference is the same as a Kelvin temperature difference. In measuring SHC, we only need to focus on temperature difference rather than the temperature value. Add 273.15 to the Celsius measurement of the temperature to get the Kelvin temperature value.
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Which Has An Greater Specific Heat Water or Copper?
Water has.
Does hydrogen or water has high specific heat capacity?
Water has a MUCH higher specific heat than hydrogen.
Which substance having high specific heat capacity?
A common substance with a high specific heat is water. There are a few substances that have a higher heat capacity than water, though, such as lithium and ammonia.
Why is waters specific heat capacity 1.00 cal g C or 4.185 Joules g?
This is water's specific heat capacity because this is the amount of energy needed to heat up the water 1 degree Celsius.
What is the quantity of heat energy required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of a substance?
If the substance is water, this is the kilocalorie (1000 calories). One calorie is the heat to raise one gram of water by 1 deg C. Other substances don't have the same specific heat capacity as water, so you have to correct for that, first find out the heat capacity (specific heat) for the substance you are dealing with.
Which has a greater specific heat capacity - water or sand?
Water has a greater specific heat.
How is specific heat of a substance different from the heat capacity?
Imagine 1 kg of water. This has a heat capacity. Now if you have 1000kg of water the heat capacity is obviously greater. The Specific Heat Capacity is a material constant. It specifies a set quantity. For water it is 4.184 kiloJoules per kilogram per Kelvin.
Water requires more energy than an equal mass of iron for its temperature to increase by a given amount because water has a greater?
Water has a greater specific heat capacity.
In which temperature water has maximum specific heat capacity?
The specific heat capacity of water does not change much within-phase (ie, as a solid it has one specific heat capacity, as a liquid/gas it has another)
Does milk boils faster than water?
Water boils faster
Which Has An Greater Specific Heat Water or Copper?
Water has.
Does hydrogen or water has high specific heat capacity?
Water has a MUCH higher specific heat than hydrogen.
Why does water have a greater specific heat over then sand?
water has a greater specific heat than sand becasue it takes longer to heat up than sand does
What is the heat of water?
the specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J / kg °C
Which substance having high specific heat capacity?
A common substance with a high specific heat is water. There are a few substances that have a higher heat capacity than water, though, such as lithium and ammonia.
What is the specific heat capacity of sea water?
1
What factor most influence the amount of energy needed to change the temperature of a substance?
specific heat capacity
