Why is specific heat capacity more useful then heat capacity when comparing two materials

Chemistry

1 answer:

coldgirl [10]3 years ago

5 0

Answer:

Explanation:

Specific heat capacity can be defined as the heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of a substance by 1kelvin.

The heat capacity on the other hand, expresses the heat required to raise the temperature of asubstance by 1kelvin.

When we use specific heat capacity, we are particular about the amount of heat that would be needed to actually cause a temperature change in a unit of a substance. This suggests that even if we don't have a complete substance, we can be sure that by knowing the mass of a unit of a body one can easily estimate how much heat is required to raise its temperature. The specific heat is fundamental in calculating the heat capacity of a body. Without the value of the specific heat, we cannot evalutate the heat capacity of a body.

You might be interested in

gulaghasi [49]

Taking into account the change of units, the size of the tank is 54.88 liters.

In first place, the rule of three is a tool used to quickly solve problems involving a proportional relationship between two variables.

The rule of three is a way of solving problems of proportionality between three known values and an unknown value, establishing a relationship of proportionality between all of them.

If the relationship between the magnitudes is direct, that is, when one magnitude increases, so does the other (or when one magnitude decreases, so does the other), the direct rule of three should be applied.

The rule of three is applied as follows, with A, B and C being known values and D being an unknown value: if A maintains a certain relationship with B, and it is known that C and D have the same relationship, it is possible to calculate the unknown value D using the following expression:

$D=\frac{CxB}{A}$