Question

Refer to the following table for information about gold and mercury. Then choose which statements are true about equal sample sizes of the metals. Element Specific Heat (cal/g°C) Density (g/cm3) gold 0.031 19.3 mercury 0.033 13.5

Answer 1

Below are the choices:

A The mercury will change temperature at a much faster rate under the same heating conditions. 
B The two metal samples will change temperature at about the same rate. 
C The gold would float if placed in the mercury. 
D The gold would sink to the bottom if placed in the mercury.

  a = false, it will take 0.031 cal to raise 1g Au 1degree while it will take 0.033 cal to raise 1g Hg 1 degree so, although Au will heat up faster, it will not be discernably faster so... 
b = true 
c = false, Au density > Hg 
d = true