3.3 - Specific Heat Capacity
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Practice Questions
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What is specific heat capacity?
💡 Hint: Think about what it takes to increase the temperature of a substance.
How do you calculate specific heat capacity?
💡 Hint: What are the components of the formula?
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What is specific heat capacity?
💡 Hint: Think about the definition you learned.
True or False: All substances have the same specific heat capacity.
💡 Hint: Refer to the concept of specific heat capacity differences.
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A 2 kg block of aluminum is heated by 500 J of heat. If its specific heat capacity is 900 J/kg°C, what is the change in temperature?
💡 Hint: Rearrange the formula properly to isolate ΔT before calculating.
As a practical example, if you have 5 kg of water at 20°C and it absorbs 10,000 J of heat, what will its final temperature be?
💡 Hint: Make sure to set the final temperature as the initial plus the temperature change when calculating.
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