Question
Naomi is investigating the properties of a solid material. It takes 120 joules to raise the temperature of 10 grams of the material by 5 degrees. What is the specific heat of the material?
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when heat energy is supplied to a material it can raise the temperature of mass of the material.
Specific heat is the amount of energy required by 1 g of material to raise the temperature by 1 °C.
equation is
H = mcΔt
H - heat energy
m - mass of material
c - specific heat of the material
Δt - change in temperature
substituting the values in the equation
120 J = 10 g x c x 5 °C
c = 2.4 Jg⁻¹°C⁻¹
Specific heat is the amount of energy required by 1 g of material to raise the temperature by 1 °C.
equation is
H = mcΔt
H - heat energy
m - mass of material
c - specific heat of the material
Δt - change in temperature
substituting the values in the equation
120 J = 10 g x c x 5 °C
c = 2.4 Jg⁻¹°C⁻¹