Specific Heat: Its Influence on Temperature

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The discussion centers on the relationship between specific heat capacity and temperature. It confirms that specific heat capacity does vary with temperature, typically increasing as temperature rises, especially from very low temperatures until reaching room temperature. At room temperature, the values tend to stabilize, allowing for the use of a constant specific heat capacity in many practical applications in chemistry and biology. The conversation also notes that solids generally have lower specific heat capacities than liquids, with ice having about half the specific heat of water. The definition of specific heat is clarified as the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a substance by 1 degree Celsius. The discussion hints at further exploration of related concepts, such as volume, in future replies.
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Hello.
The other day i couldn't sleep, so i started to think.
After some long thinking, i reached a concludion (i was half sleep anyway !).
I reached the conclusion that the specific heat of any matter is supposed to raise as the temprature of the body raises.
So, am i kind of right ?
Thank you :smile:
 
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Does specific heat capacity vary with temperature? Yes. The values usually start to level off once you reach room temperature (there's often an exponential-like rise from very cold temperatures until you reach room temperature for a wide variety of substances) which allows most processes of general interest (e.g. in chemistry & biology) to be treated with a constant specific heat capacity.
 
Specific heat is a measure of how much heat it takes to raise the temperature of something 1 degree Celsius.

I imagine it would be true that as the object reaches a higher temperature it would require more heat to raise it's temperature. This is probably due to the fact that the atoms are farther apart when the substance is hot. Generally speaking, solids have lower specific heat than liquids (ice is about half that of water).
 
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Originally posted by Artman
Specific heat is a measure of how much heat it takes to raise the temperature of something 1 degree Celsius.
I always had a problem with the scientifical english terms, but i remember that the specific heat is "the amount of heat energy needed to raise 1 kg of a certain matter 1 celsius degree.
Anyway, my explanation of this has nothing to do with volume (i will write it later after i see some replies).
 
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