Question

Substance X has a specific heat capacity that is twice as large as Substance Y. If both samples ended up at the same change in temperature from the same amount of energy added, what is the relationship between the masses of the two samples? Explain.

Answer 1

Answer:

Substance X has a smaller mass

Explanation:

The relationship between the mass of the two samples is that the mass of X is smaller compared to the mass of Y.

 The specific heat capacity is given as:

         C  = $\frac{H}{m x change in temperature}$

We can see that the higher the specific heat capacity the lesser the mass or simply put, the specific heat capacity of a body is inversely related to its mass.

If the amount of heat is constant i.e the same and the specific heat capacity of X is twice that of Y, then substance X has a smaller mass