Water has a high heat capacity. What does this term mean? a) Water is relatively resistant to an increase in temperature. b) Wat
1 answer:
Answer:a) Water is relatively resistant to an increase in temperature
Explanation:
Water has relatively high heat capacity i.e. it requires high amount of heat to raise a little increase in temperature.
Heat capacity is defined as ability of molecule to absorb heat . Mathematically heat capacity is defined as
where
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