Specific heat capacity Definition and 195 Threads

What is the the relationship between the specific heat capacity and power (e/t) required to raise the objects temperature? Of course the energy required increases, but does the time it takes change also?

Can the specific heat capacity be negative? Is there any substance for which i have to add heat to decrease its temperature? By the way,why specific heat capacity has the word "capacity" in it? Is there any physical significance to it or it is simply traditional(historical)?

How can i determine Specific heat capacity of Water cpv if i know all variables If i use this equation: [(mi1 + mi2 +mv)cpv + mg*cpg]dT/dt = H mi1 = mass 1 dT/dt = 0.05 cpg = 890 J/(kg*K) mi2 = mass 2 mv = mass 3 H = 300 W masses are arbitrary numbers Its cpv that...

Homework Statement An unknown metal with C=3.6 Mass=150g Temp=160c is added to copper container(85g) filled with water(105g) both with an initial temp of 20c I have to find the final temp of water,container and metal Homework Equations none given but I assume it will be E=Cm(t1-t2)...

Homework Statement Heating a .8 kg disk of iron from 20 C to 400 C, but the specific heat capacity changes from 456 at 20 C, to 615 at 400 C. It hints that I'm supposed to find the average to solve the equation. Homework Equations E = mC(dT) The Attempt at a Solution I have a...

Homework Statement When a car brakes, an amount of thermal energy equal to 112500J is generated in the brake drums. If the mass of the brake drums is 28 kg and their specific heat capacity is 460.5 Jkg^-1K^-1? A piece of iron of mass 200g and temperature 300°C is dropped into 1.00kg of water...

Homework Statement A mixture is made by adding 75g of an unknown liquid at a temperature of 25 degrees Celsius to 60g of water at a temperature of 90 degrees Celsius. The final temperature f the mixture is 65 degrees Celsius. Calculate the specific heat capacity of the liquid. What is the...

Homework Statement what is the different in term of definition between Heat capacity and Specific heat capacity ? Homework Equations Q=mΔTC →C=Q/mΔT The Attempt at a Solution Specific heat capacity is the amount needed per unit mass of material so is a number independent of the...

Calculate Specific Heat Capacity HELP! Hi guys, I having big troubles with how to calculate the specific heat (cp) for refrigerant r134a i gas phase. I think that assuming ideal gas behavior is a bad idea since this is going to be used in a actual system... I have values of entropy...

Homework Statement Hello everyone! I'm using the text: "Elements of Solid State Physics - JP Srivastava (2006)" I have followed the argument leading up to the derivation of the Debye formula for specific heat capacity, so we now have; C_V = \frac{9N}{\omega_D^3} \frac{\partial}{\partial T}...

Why does the specific heat capacity of an object changes with temperature?Please explain in detail.Thanks..

Homework Statement A student performs an experiment on an ideal gas by adding 42.0 J of heat to it. As a result the student finds that the volume of the gas changes from 50 cm3 to 150 cm3 while the pressure remains constant at 101.3 kPa. i) If the quantity of the gas present is 0.007...

can we determine a specific heat of a sample by cooling it to the temperature of ice rather than heating it to the boiling point of water?

Homework Statement Give an physical explanation to why the specific heat capacity goes to zero as temperature goes to zero. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I was simply thinking that around absolute zero the average kinetic energy of the particles should be zero...

Homework Statement In an experiment to measure the temperature of the flame of a Bunsen burner, a lump of copper of mass 0.12 kg is heated in the flame for several minutes. The copper is then transferred quickly to a beaker, of negligible heat capacity, containing 0.45 kg of water, and the...

Can a compound have a high specific heat capacity and be a good thermal conductor, or are these properties mutually exclusive?

So our teacher wants us to find the temperature of a flame of a bunsen burner. To do so, he told us to do the following: Heat an aluminium block of known mass (160g), but unknown initial temperature. Drop it in a beaker with 500 ml of water, of known temperature (22 degrees) and let the...

I am doing a lab about specific heat. i have a cup of boiling water which i put 5 metals into, and a cup of warm water which sits at 22 degrees celcius. i am to record the difference in temperature as i am using the equation Q = mc (delta) T for part one, and then i am using the equation C = Q/m...

Homework Statement How can you calculate the specific heat capacity of an unknown metal? In my question the metal with a mass of 50g and a temperature of 200 degrees celsius was placed in 125 g of water with an initial temperature of 20 degrees celsius. After the simulation and the metal...

Homework Statement This was a LAB assignment. I need to find the specific heat capacity of a given metal (Cu in this case) in water, I have the following observations. Mass of water: 249.14g = 0.24914 Kg Initial temperature of water: 18 C Initial temperature of metal: 100 C Specific heat...

We have the parameters,current =10^-3A,V=15kv,number of electrons=6.25 X 10^15,velocity=7.3 X 10^7,specific heat capacity of the liquid=2 X 10^3,c=3 X 10^8,h=6.63 X 10^-34,mass of electron = 9.11 X 10^-31. Now the question says,in an x-ray tube having those parameters,find the rate at which...

Homework Statement 1.0 g of water at 28 degree celcius is placed into a 200g aluminium can at 300 degree celcius. What is the temperature of the aluminium can after all the water vapourises? Given the specific heat capacity of aluminium, 900 J/kg/degree celcius and water, 4200 and specific...

Homework Statement This is a problem I made myself and it's really confusing me. You have 100mL of water and place it in a calorimeter of low specific heat capacity. You put another 100mL of water in another calorimeter of high specific heat capacity. Assume in both instances that the water is...

The question involves testing the Specific Heat Capacity of an aluminum block, using the equation: Q = m x Specific Heat Capacity x Change in Temperature. Two experiments are performed using the same power of the heater and the same mass of the object and a very similar change in...

Homework Statement The experiment was that we heated a beaker with water in it, and also a type of metal for around 5 minutes so that the metal becomes the same temperature as the water. We then dropped that heated metal into a stryofoam cup containing 189.10g of water in it. mass of...

Hi, I just did a specific heat capacity test using a calorimeter, and the specific heat capacity I found (using heat gained = heat lost) is less than the real value. The problem is, I expected it to be more. I mean heat will be lost through the calorimeter, meaning that a greater amount of...

Homework Statement The cream is kept at 5 ºC in the lorries. It is pumped into silos, where it is pre-heated before being pasteurized. The silos are jacketed, and hot water is pumped through the jacket. Assuming no losses, if 300 kg of water at 90ºC enters the jacket and exits at 60 ºC...

I'm fascinated with physics and probably know at least the nature of any effect or object in classical physics, but um... I have never in any textbook or article seen mention of what determines the specific heat capacity of a given substance. Which is kinda peculiar and confusing at the same...

Hi Everyone :smile: I have to create an experiment for my assignment in Physics. I've chosen to do something about Specific Heat Capacity. A boy in my class is also doing SHC so I wanted to make mine a little different from his. I've just recently joined physics (never done it before)...

Homework Statement The temperature at the top of a popular waterfall is 22.0 degrees celcius. The temperature at its base, 210 m lower, is 22.5 degrees celcius. 1)Caluclate the specific heat capacity of the water. 2) If the waterfall was twice as tall, determine by how much the water...

Homework Statement 3.00 kg of molten lead is allowed to cool until is has solidified. It is found that the temperature of the lead falls from 605 K to 600 K in 10 s, remains constant at 600K for 300 s, and then falls to 595 K in a further 8.4 s. Assuming that the loss of heat energy remains...

a 210 heater is places in 2 kg of water. What temperature rise is produced if the heater is switched on for 200 seconds? I need your help please.

Homework Statement I heated 50mL of water in a Dewar and measured the temp. change with time. however, this only gives me the heat capacity of the system. I again measured but with 100mL of water, in an attempt to correct for the unknown heat capacity of everything but the water. However...

Homework Statement In order to find the specific heat capacity of an unknown material, a 50g piece is heated to 80 degrees Celsius and fully immersed in a well insulatyed calorimeter filled with 100g of water at 10 degrees Celsius raising the temperature of the water by 5 degrees, the heat...

Q. Thermal energy is supplied to a melting solid at a constant rate of 2000 W. Calculate the mass of the solid changed to liquid in 2.0 minutes. Assume that the specific latent heat of fusion of the solid is 95 000 J kg-1 and that heat exchange with the surroundings may be neglected. I was...

Homework Statement The following data is obtained: Weight of ice cube added 20 g Weight of copper calorimeter 80.5 g Weight of water in calorimeter 105 g Initial temp of ice cube -18 deg C Initial temp of water 23 deg C Final temp of water 6 deg C Specific Heat Capacity copper 385 J...

can you please state some liquid which is a good heat conductor (which have low specific heat capacity)

Homework Statement To summarize, I am given 6 objects and their corresponding specific heat capacity and thermal conductivity values. All objects have the same mass. The question is asking me to rank the objects based on temperature if they are put in a hot oven until they reach thermal...

Homework Statement Finding the specific heat capacity of an unknown metal. A cylinder was placed into boiling water, originally at 24.2 C. The heat transferred from the metal, and the water then was 29.5 C. Original Temperature-24.2 C Temperature after the metal has been placed into the...

"What is the specific heat capacity of a 50-gram piece of 100 degree C metal that will change 400 grams of 20 degrees C water to 22 degrees C? Could someone please explain to me how to do this problem? I have to figure it out on my own because my teacher is no help at all. Thanks in advance.

Homework Statement The specific heat of a certain metal can be determined by measuring the temperature change that occurs when a piece of the metal is heated and then placed in an insulated container that is made of the same material and contains water. Suppose the piece of metal has a mass of...

Hello, everyone. Homework Statement Now, I recently did an experiment in school to determine the Specific Heat Capacity of rubber using a calorimeter. We're using the mixing method to figure it out. The mass of the calorimeter, rubber and water was measured. And the S.H.C is already known...

Homework Statement Below about 80 K the heat capacity at constant volume for hydrogen gas (H2) is 3/2k per molecule, but at higher temperatures the heat capacity increases to 5/2k per molecule due to contributions from rotational energy states. Use these observations to estimate the distance...

Is it possible to find specific heat capacity given mass, initial and final temperature, and time? The liquid in question has not been given

1. The tangential frictional force exerted by a band brakes on a rotating metal drum of circumference 0.25m is found to be 20N. If the mass of the drum is 0.4kg and its specific heat capacity is 0.35 kJ/kg K, calculate the number of complete revolutions of the drum are required to increase its...

Hi, Can someone please give me some suggestions on how to use a microwave oven to determine the specific heat capacity of tap water? This is not a homework question, but an assignment and I have absolutely no idea how I can do this.This experiment will be done at home, so please no immersion...

Homework Statement A quantity of 100g of ice at 0°C and 50g steam at 100°C are added to a container that has 150g water at 30°C. What is the final temp of the container? Ignore the container itself in the calc. Homework Equations Q=mc (change in T) Q=mLThe Attempt at a Solution I know how to...

i found the average specific heat of a metal through an experiment it is 200. my only problem now is identifying it. i have tried many website but can't find anything useful please make some suggestions

simple application please..o:)

can anybody tell me how the specific heat capacity varies with pressure and temperature for superheated vapors thanks