B.1.2 - Specific Heat Capacity
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What is specific heat capacity?
💡 Hint: It relates to how materials respond to heat.
What is the formula for heat energy?
💡 Hint: What do you get when you multiply mass by specific heat capacity and temperature change?
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What is the specific heat capacity of water?
💡 Hint: This is one of the highest capacities among common liquids.
True or False: Higher specific heat capacity means a material heats up quickly.
💡 Hint: Think about how water behaves when heated.
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You have 500 g of aluminum at 20°C. How much heat is required to raise its temperature to 100°C? (Specific heat capacity of aluminum is 897 J/kg·K)
💡 Hint: Convert grams to kilograms for your calculations.
If a substance requires 15000 J to change its temperature by 30°C, what is its specific heat capacity if its mass is 2 kg?
💡 Hint: Rearrange the heat formula to calculate specific heat capacity.
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