Heat capacity Definition and 439 Threads

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?

Hey I am a physics student, and not so familiar with chemistry. I have a huge problem, because I have to find the following 3 values for liquid isopropanol: 1. The specific heat capacity at constant volume 2. The specific heat capacity at constant pressure 3. Volumetric Isobaric...

Calculate the change in entropy of the Universe as a result of the following operations: (a) A copper block of mass 0.4kg and thermal capacity 150JK-1 at 100◦C is placed in a lake at 10◦C. dS=dQ/T dQ=mCdT Tried simply combining these equations and integrating to find change of entropy of...

hey :smile: I am a college student and am looking for a liquid having the following properties at very low temperatures (probably around 100-150 K) - 1) Very high density 2) Very high temperature of vaporization 3) Less- Volatile 4) High specific heat capacity

Hi, I am looking for an introduction to heat capacity measurements at low temperature (10K). (For example for producing the linear dependence of the electronic heat capacity on T). I fail to find a simple introduction. Can anyone mention keypoints or a good source? Thank you!

Homework Statement Using the Debye dispersion approximation, calculate the heat capacity of a harmonic, monatomic, 1D lattice. Next, find the temperature dependence in the low temperature limit. (Assume that the longitudinal mode has spring constant CL = C, and the two transverse modes both...

Homework Statement I have an ideal gas of n=1023 point particles with a constant pressure of P = 3x105 Pa as 200J of heat flows into it. What is the heat capacity at constant pressure, CP? Homework Equations CV = (ΔU + PΔV)/ΔT The Attempt at a Solution Okay... So I have N, P and Q...

Homework Statement 1 mole of an ideal gas initially at 100° C and 10 atm is expanded adiabatically against a constant pressure of 5 atm until equilibrium is re-established. Given that the temperature dependence of the heat capacity is CV = 18.83 + 0.0209T calculate deltaU, deltaH and deltaS...

Hello All, would anyone know an expression for the heat capacity of an ideal gas, moving with relativistic speeds. For non-relativistic gas, the heat capacity is a constant, proportional to R (the universal gas const) Many thanks.

Homework Statement I am confused about what the difference between specific heat and heat capacity is. I have a block of metal (Aluminium) which I had to record dimensions and calculate the heat capacity of the block. I am just wondering am I doing the correct calculation? Homework...

Homework Statement A 30.0g block of ice at 0.00°C is dropped into 500.0g of water at 45.0°C. If the process was carried out in an iron container with a mass of 150g what would the final temperature be? Homework Equations Q=mc(T2-T1) Heat Lost = Heat Gained Specific Heat of Water: 4200 Specific...

"cold capacity" We are taught the notion of heat capacity in undergraduate physics and how different materials can hold a different maximum of heat energy per unit volume. Is there an opposite notion? Obviously heat is energy, so cold is just lack of it... but my intuition tells me that if I...

Consider a dielecrtic with polarization P=(a+b/T)\epsilon and heat capactiy C\epsilon=A+B\epsilon, where a and b are constants. Show that B=2bV/T2 and find the isothermal dielectric constant \kappael. Use properties of G(T,\epsilon) I'm really not sure where to start with this one. Any help...

If 100g of water at 2 degrees Celsius is mixed with 50g of ice a -4 degrees Celsius, what is the final temperature of water? It also says that I need the heat of fusion of the ice to solve it, which I have found to be 334 kj/kg. I don't know what to do with the heat of fusion. Also, how do I...

Homework Statement Suppose that 31.4 J of heat is added to an ideal gas. The gas expands at a constant pressure of 1.40x104 Pa while changing its volume from 3.00x104 to 8.00x104 m3. The gas is not monatomic, so the relation CP = 5/2R does not apply. (a) Determine the change in the internal...

Homework Statement Ideal gas of point particles is expanding so that its molar heat capacity Cx is constant and the work done by gas is W = 156J. Then the gas is isochorically heated to the initial temperature by receiving the quantity of heat which is Q = 125 J. Find Cx. Homework...

Homework Statement Two metals of identical masses and initial temperatures are dropped into water which has a lower temperature than the metals. Both the water and the metals have the same mass. One metal has a higher heat capacity than the other metal. Which metal will change the...

A spark does not cause injury when it strikes the skin of a child. If you touch the burning stem, it can cause severe burn on your fingers? WHY? What's the difference between specific heat capacity and heat capacity?

How does the amount of heat absorbed by a body depend on the mass of the body and surrounding conditions such as pressure?

Homework Statement An ideal gas has a molar heat capacity ##C_V## at constant volume. Find the molar heat capacity of this gas as a function of its volume ##V##, if the gas undergoes the following process: ##T=T_0e^{\alpha V}## here ##T_0## and ##\alpha## are constants.Homework Equations The...

So heat capacity is the change in the mean value of the internal energy when the temperature is changed: C = d<E>/dt But I would like a little more intuition than that. T^(-1) = dS/d<E>, so going back to the intuition that the inverse of the temperature is a measure of how disordered the system...

I'm trying to find a comprehensive list of the empirical coefficients to be used in the following equation for calculating ideal gas constant pressure heat capacities: \frac{c^{IG}_P}{R}=A+BT+CT^{2}+DT^{-2}+ET^{3}(Eqn. 1) cPIG is the ideal gas constant pressure specific heat capacity; R is...

I was looking at this page and it explains the heat capacity difference between copper and water in terms of a difference in potential energy change as the molecules are heated. What does that mean? I know water has polar bonding so is it due to the water molecules having much stronger...

Now consider two objects,A and B. A has a higher specific heat capacity that B. When both object is subjected to same amount of thermal or heat energy, rise in temperature in A is lower as our common reason(A has a higher specific heat capacity) But what stated by First law of thermodynamics...

Thermodynamics -- monotomic/diatomig gas heat capacity question Homework Statement GRADE 12 CHEMISTRY: Why would a monotomic gas like Helium require less heat than a diatomic gas like hydrogen to undergo the same temperature increase? Homework Equations q=mcΔT The Attempt at a...

Homework Statement A block of ice has a mass of 150g and a temperature of -4°. The ice is melted by supplying 60KJ heat energy. Determine the final temperature of the melted water. Homework Equations Equations i think can be used: Q = ml and H = mcΔθ The Attempt at a Solution...

Homework Statement I am working on a problem for my Thermal Physics course. In short, its a numerical problem. I had to go through some Excel calculations and end up with two columns of numbers. One, C/Nk, where C-heat capacity, k-boltzmann constant, N-number of particles and the other is...

If I use the answer given in the book for part a, I can get the correct answers for b and c. However, I do not know what I have done wrong in part a? My best guess would be that assuming the blood evaporates at 100 degrees is incorrect? The answer given in the book is 5.1*10^{-3}J

Does anyone know where I can find the specific heat capacity of Diethyl Phthalate? I tried google but couldn't find it. Any help would be appreciated.

Hi boys and girls. I am looking for Specific heat capacity of Argon dependence on temperature but i can't seem to find it anywhere. Do you have some source where I could get it from?. I need it for temperatures up to 1300K since i need to evaluate enthalpy of fumes at the exit from a gas...

Why is the specific heat capacity of most solids around 25JK-1mol-1? I remember being told ages ago that is was something to do with the theory of equipartition but I'm not really sure how that theory affects it or why it's around 25JK-1mol-1

A formula for entropy: dS=dQ/dT This is a formula that represents the rate of change of heat with respect to temperature. Q=mcdT This is another formula that states how the temperature changes as heat is added. from this can we say that entropy is just specific heat capacity * Mass...

Homework Statement Ideal gas. In an ideal-gas model. N molecules move almost indepdently with very weak interactions between, in a three-dimensional box of volume V. Find the heat capacity of the system. SHO. Consider N independent SHOs in a system. each osciallating about a fixed point...

1. Suppose that 25 J of heat is added to one mole of an ideal gas. The gas expands at a constant pressure of 2.62 x 10^4 pascals while changing its volume rom 4.97 x 10^-4 m^3 to 7.02 x 10^-4 m^3. Calculate C_p and express in Joule / (mole * Celsius) 2. Relevant equations Q =...

Homework Statement I learned that the heat capacity is the amount of energy absorbed to raise the temperature of a body by 1 degrees. While conduction is the process of heat transfer by vibrations. That being said, when I supply 1000N of heat to 2 rods of different material but same mass the...

Homework Statement Hi. I have an assignment to find the specific heat capacity of water. We did an experiment in class where we used an electric kettle with power output of 1850W-2200W to heat up 1,400g of water (we actually used 1,400 mL of tap water but we were told to assume that the tap...

Metals have the low specific heat capacity.why is the low specific heat capacity useful?

Can we define specific heat capacity for an adiabatic process ?? Would it always be zero since dQ is 0 for an adiabatic process? Also, can we define specific heat capacity for isothermal processes ? Would it be infinity in all cases? Just want to verify if I am thinking along the...

1. To determine whether a shiny gold rock is actually gold, a student decides to measure its heat capacity. She first weighs the rock and finds it has a mass of 4.7g. She then finds that upon absorbtion of 57.2 J of heat, the temperature of the rock rises from 25 degree Celsius to 57 degree...

A liquid contained in an adiabatic container is shaked vigorously so that it its temp. Increases. The heat capacity for the liquid is given, the rise in temp. Is given. According to the first law of thermo, dQ=dW + dU here dQ is 0. Asked, is to find the work done on the system, i.e...

hi. When you're given molar heat capacity for a substance, is it when under constant pressure or when under constant volume? Like water's heat a capacity when gaseous is 75kJ/mol - is this under constant volume? For an ideal gas, the formula for heat capacity under constant pressure is: Cp =...

Homework Statement i getting the wrong the answer i am trying to find the specific heat capacity of brass using copper calorimeter Data : mass of brass bob= 32.5gm mass of calorimeter = 39.7 gm mass of water + calorimeter = 93.9gm mass of water = 93.9 - 39.7 = 54.2g specific...

Homework Statement A 2.8 kg sample of a metal with a specific heat of 0.43KJ/KgC is heated to 100.0C then placed in a 50.0 g sample of water at 30.0C.* What is the final temperature of the metal and the water? Homework Equations heat loss by the metal = heat gain by the water The...

Homework Statement Some aluminum rivets of total mass 170 g at 100°C are emptied into a hole in a large block of ice at 0°C' a. What will be the final temperature of the rivets? b. How much ice will melt? Homework Equations none The Attempt at a Solution Please help me answer...

I got a problem with this one, please help me, Tantalum is an element that is used in aircraft parts. Tantalum has a specific heat capacity of about 140 J/kg K. The aircraft part has a mass of 0.23 kg and is cooled from a temperature of 1200 K by being placed in water. If 30000 J of heat is...

Hello All, I have been trying to find an established expression cp = cp(T) for a gas asymptotically close to zero K, as well as showing how does the function grow/behave in the low-temperature regions. This can be an idealized mono/diatomic gas Do you know a reference I can read about...

Recently, I did a physics lab experiment to find the specific heat capacity of an unknown sample material. The lab instructions kept insisting that the sample had to be kept in boiling water for at least 10 minutes. My question is why? Could I have found the specific heat capacity if the sample...

which material has the highest heat capacity?

Homework Statement Have to do a write up of an experiment on specific heat capacity of metals. Tested 50g of nickel and lead, each heated to 90C and then put into 50g of water and measuring the change in its temperature. Found that lead has a lower specific heat capacity. Homework Equations...

hi everyone, in thermodynamics, when we calculate the heat capacity in constant volume, we assume Cv=dQ/dT.. well, but at isothermal condition suddenly they came up with Cv=dU/dT... so i am getting stuck with this concept how they replace dQ with dU? i know U= internal energy is only a...