Specific heat Definition and 481 Threads

Throughout my time doing physics I have noticed that ice has a lower specific heat capacity than water. I don't understand why. To me it seems that the bonds between water molecules in a solid are stronger and hence require a greater deal of thermal energy to break. Hence, the PE of the...

Homework Statement A well lagged calorimeter of mass 120g contains 200g of water and 50g of ice, initial at 0°C. A jet of steam is blown through the water until the water temperature reaches 30°C. Calculate the mass of steam that must condensed. The specific heat capacity of Copper...

It's not really homework its more of my own thing, but I don't know where else I'd put it Homework Statement category Main belt (Flora family) Orbital characteristics Epoch 6 March 2006 (JD 2453800.5) Aphelion 2.594 AU (388.102 Gm) Perihelion 1.825 AU (272.985 Gm) Semi-major axis 2.210 AU...

In his Statistical Physics book, Landau introduces the specific heat as the quantity of heat which must be gained in order to raise the temperature of a body one by unit. I don't understand, how he directly jumps to the conclusion that that has to be (let's just say, for constant volume): C_V...

Homework Statement A 1-D lattice consists of a linear array of N particles (N>>1) interacting via spring-like nearest neighbor forces. The normal node frequencies are given by \omega_n=\omega_0\sqrt{\,\,2-2\cos\left(2\pi n/N\right)} where \omega_0 is a constant and n an integer ranging...

Hi there, I have a quick question. According to duLong and petit's law, the heat capacity at constant volume for most solids at high temperatures is 3R. (I.e) Cv=3R. Where R is the gas constant. Does this mean that the heat capacity is the same for all materials? I thought each material at a...

I completed high school 9 years ago... please bare with me :) My problem is with how they calculate the actual answer - this is from an example problem in my textbook. Homework Statement A calorimeter cup is made from 0.15kg of Alu and contains 0.20 kg of water. Initially the water and...

Homework Statement http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/olympiad/Downloads/PastPapers/BPhO_PC_2006_QP.pdf Q15b Answers: http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/olympiad/Downloads/PastPapers/BPhO_PC_2006_MS.pdf I am confused on how the answer is reached, specifically how the formula energy...

I am quite confused by this, because I have not yet found a compound that has a higher one. My understanding is that specific heat capacity of a molecule is based on a combination of the number of degrees of freedom the molecule has and the number of vibrational modes. As for the second factor...

Does the value of specific heat change with phase? If yes, why so and what are its values for Al in liquid and solid phase.

Homework Statement Calculate the change in the enthalpy of argon, in KJ/kg, when it is cooled from 100 to 25 °C. Homework Equations \Delta h = c_{p} \Delta T Where \Delta h is the change in enthalpy, c_{p} is the specific heat, and \Delta T is the change in temperature. The Attempt at a...

A bath contains 100kg of water at 60C. Hot and cold taps are then turned on to deliver 20kg per minute each at temperatures of 70C and 10C respectively. How long will it be before the temperature in the bath has dropped to 45C? Assume complete mixing of the water and ignore heat losses. I've...

Homework Statement A cube of gold is heated to a temperature of 94.2 degrees celsius, and then submerged in 31.3 mL of water at an initial temperature of 28.7 degrees celsius. If the final temperature of the water is 45.6 degrees celsius, calculate the volume of the cube of gold (s=0.130...

Homework Statement there is a bath of 160L of water at 41oc (shc 4000). A rock of 15kg is dropped into the bath at 250oc with shc of 2000 What temperature does the water end up at? Homework Equations Q=cmT The Attempt at a Solution Very sorry but I don't have a clue. Not...

Homework Statement Estimate the precise value for the specific heat of a nitrogen molecule at T=13.6K Homework Equations I'm pretty sure the correct equation is: Cp = (7/2)*R + R((hv)/(kT))2 *((e(hv/kT))/(e(hv/kT)-1)2 So R=8.314 J K-1mol-1 T=13.6K h=6.626*10-34m2kg s-1...

Homework Statement To determine the Specific heat of an oil , an electrical heating coil is placed in a calorimeter with 380g of the oil at 10C. The coil consumes energy(and gives off heat) at the rate of 84W. After 3min the oil temperature is 40C. If the water equivalent of the calorimeter...

Homework Statement See attachment "problem". Homework Equations See attachment "data" The Attempt at a Solution Can someone tell me what values to plug in for the equation R/M integral (a+bT+cT^2...). The solution doesn't show this step, so I have no idea the numbers they used to...

1. What is the value of Q in this problem? Is it a value that's stated in the question or does it need calculating? A sample consisting of 5 moles of an ideal gas at a temperature of 300 K and a pressure of 1.00 × 105 Pa is heated to a temperature of 500 K at constant pressure. The amount...

Homework Statement Part a. A 500 W kettle contains 300g of water at 20°C. Calculate the time it would take to raise the temperature of the water to boiling point. Part b. The kettle is allowed to boil for 2 minutes. Calculate the mass of water that would remain in the kettle. State any...

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)?

I am surprised by the result when I estimate the specific heat of the plasma produced by heavy ion collisions in the LHC: C(plasma) ~= 2e5 J/(g-K) (Details below.) This is ~1e6 times greater than C(lead)=0.13 J/(g-K) (1). Did I make a mistake? If not, can the physics experts who read this...

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 The specific heat of lead is 0.03 cal/g*C. 300 grams of lead shot at 100* C is mixed with 100 grams of water at 70* C. What is the final temperature of the mixture if the container is insulated. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution Q1 = c1m1(Tf - 100)...

Homework Statement A sample of a diatomic ideal gas has pressure P and volume V. When the gas is warmed, it's pressure triples and the it's volume doubles. This warming process includes two steps, the first at constant pressure and the second at constant volume. Determine the energy...

Homework Statement A 28.2 g sample of nickel is heated to 100 degrees C and placed in a coffee cup calorimeter containing 150g of water at a temperature of 13.5 degrees C. After the metal cools, the final temperature of the metal and water is 25 degrees C. Calculate the specific heat...

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...

Hopefully this is a really simple question to answer. A problem I have uses the following information: The specific heat of air = 1.05 kJ/hg-C. Does anyone know what the hg-C stands for? I know specific heat is usually expressed in terms of J/C, so this is confusing me.

hello, If I had a substance (k) and heated it from Temperature1 to Temperature2, for z seconds, is there any (simple) equation that would give me the temperature (x) of this substance at the end? (knowing, of course, the substance's specific heat(C)) I found that: Q(energy exchanged during...

Homework Statement given the specific heat of water is 1.00 cal/(g*Celsius), what is the specific heat in Joules/(kg*Kelvin) Homework Equations I realize that this is simply a conversion factor issue but I have NO IDEA how to even start it.. The Attempt at a Solution I know the...

Homework Statement Samples A and B are at different initial temperatures when they are placed in a thermally isolated container and allowed to come to thermal equilibrium. Figure a gives their temperatures T versus time t. Sample A has a mass of 5.2 kg; sample B has a mass of 1.6 kg. Figure...

Hello, I'm trying to find the coefficients for the ideal gas specific heat at constant pressure in the form: Cp = a + bT + cT^2 + dT^3 (kJ/kmol.K) I need to find these coefficients for Octane. I have found them online in a slightly different form.. Cp = a + bT + cT^2 + dT^3 + eT^4...

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...

Homework Statement How much heat is required to raise the temperature of a 50 gram cube of copper from 20 degrees Celsius to 45 degrees Celsius? (in kcal and J) Specific Heat(20degrees Celsius) for Copper (kcal/kg x degrees Celsius) is 0.092. and the Specific Heat for Copper (J/kg x degrees...

Please teach me this: Why specific heat near critical point equals differentiate twice Gibbs free energy with respect to temperature, but not differentiate once with respect to temperature as usually doing. Thank you very much in advance.

Homework Statement I've done 2 experiments, one was to find the specific heat of nickel and the other was to find the latent heat of fusion. For the nickel experiment, it involves heating the nickel in a test tube in a water bath, and then transferring the pellets to a Styrofoam cup. With...

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...

I think I might have a hard time adequately explaining my issue, but here we go… So everyone knows the Q=mc(delta)T equation, I have this problem that I am working on and it was driving me CRAZY! So I checked out the solutions manual after some time. Basically the stated a mass of copper...

A 2.50 x 10^2 kg iron car engine contains water as coolant. Suppose the temperature of engine is 35 degree celcius when it shut off and air temperature is 10degree celcius. The heat given off by engine and watering it as they cool to air temperature is 4.4 x10^6 J. What is the mass of water used...

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...