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Usually a high specific heat capacity is an advantage as more energy is required to cause the substance to boil. For example water has a high specific heat capacity as it has hydrogen bonds between molecules, which means that more energy is required to move the molecules around and hence cause boiling. This is an advantage for a few reasons: 1) Water remains at a relatively stable temperature (i.e) ponds, oceans which means that the organisms living in there do not have to deal with extreme temperatures.
2) Sweating. As it has a high specific heat capacity, water can absorb a lot of heat and transport it away from the body before it evaporates. This is an advantage to organisms that cannot use a lot of water for sweating because they live in a desert environment.
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What is the specific heat capacity of jam?
The specific heat capacity is the energy density of a substance. Since jam has a higher specific heat capacity than the pie crust it is contained in, this is why the contents of a pie are always much hotter than the pie itself.
What is the specific heat capacity of phosphorus?
757
Would substances with high specific heat capacity also have high temperatures?
Specific heat capacity is the amount of energy or heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of a substance by one kelvin. So if the specific heat capacity is high then you would require more energy or heat to raise its temperature. The specific heat capacity does not really have anything to do with how much you can increase an objects temperature. IT HAS TO DO WITH THE ENERGY NEEDED TO INCREASE THE TEMPERATURE.
Does hydrogen or water has high specific heat capacity?
Water has a MUCH higher specific heat than hydrogen.
What is the specific heat capacity of pyrex?
selon wikipedia dans heat capacity, glass, pyrex = 0753 J/K g
What is the advantage and disadvantage oven drying method?
The advantage of oven drying method is that all the trays get equal heat and therefore the drying is uniform. The disadvantage is that the dehydrator has limited capacity.
What factor most influence the amount of energy needed to change the temperature of a substance?
specific heat capacity
What is the specific heat capacity of Polyester?
The specific heat capacity of polyester is 2.35degrees
How much heat loss from muscle be an advantage for to humans rather than a disadvantage?
For heat loss to be an advantage to humans rather than a disadvantage, the heat lost must be equal to that produced.
Does sand have a high or low specific heat capacity?
sand have low specific heat capacity.
Which metal has the highest specific heat capacity?
No. Metals have a relatively low specific heat.
What is the speciic heat capacity of KNO3?
What is the specific heat capacity of kno3
Is the heat capacity of a body the same as its specific heat capacity?
The heat capacity depends on the mass of a material and is expressed in j/K.The specific heat capacity not depends on the mass of a material and is expressed in j/mol.K.
Dimensional formula for heat capacity and specific heat capacity?
heat capacity- ML2T-2K-1 Specific Heat Capacity-M0L2T-2K-1
What is the specific heat capacity by mechanical method?
what the specific heat usefull
What instrument can be used to calculate specific heat capacity?
A calorimeter can be used to calculate specific heat capacity.
What is the specific heat capacity in kJkgk of sodium sulphate?
heat capacity of sodiumsulphate
