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I have been looking for specific heat capacities of certain materials such as steel but i can never find a solid answer, so i figured i would test it myself, how would one test specific heat capacities?
Steel is not an element. It contains iron and carbon and probably lots of other elements. So its heat capacity will depend to some extent on what it contains.Nerdydude101 said:I have been looking for specific heat capacities of certain materials such as steel but i can never find a solid answer, so i figured i would test it myself, how would one test specific heat capacities?
Nerdydude101 said:I have been looking for specific heat capacities of certain materials such as steel but i can never find a solid answer, so i figured i would test it myself, how would one test specific heat capacities?
Nerdydude101 said:I have been looking for specific heat capacities of certain materials such as steel but i can never find a solid answer, so i figured i would test it myself, how would one test specific heat capacities?
Nerdydude101 said:I have been looking for specific heat capacities of certain materials such as steel but i can never find a solid answer
AlephZero said:The specific heat capacity also varies with temperature
It is not always wrong. In fact, it is correct for some substances for most temperatures, such as Helium (an ideal monatomic gas).Impulse said:Ahh, cool!
My physics class (HS intro level) analyzed heat interaction as if specific heat was constant for all substances in all states at all temperatures. That intuitively sounds wrong.
What determines specific heat at the atomic level? Is it very complex?
Specific heat capacity is the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance by one degree Celsius.
Specific heat capacity is typically measured in units of joules per gram per degree Celsius (J/g°C) using a calorimeter, a device that measures changes in temperature and energy.
The specific heat capacity of a substance can be affected by its mass, temperature, and chemical composition. Substances with stronger intermolecular forces, such as metals, tend to have higher specific heat capacities.
Specific heat capacity can be calculated by dividing the heat energy transferred to a substance by its mass and the change in temperature. The formula is q = mcΔT, where q is heat energy, m is mass, c is specific heat capacity, and ΔT is the change in temperature.
Specific heat capacity is important because it helps determine how much heat energy is needed to raise the temperature of a substance. This information is useful in many fields, including engineering, chemistry, and thermodynamics.