Specific Heat Capacity

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Specific Heat Capacity: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Specific Heat Capacity of Water, Heat Capacity, Specific Heat Capacity, Molar Specific Heat Capacity & Variation of Specific Heat Capacity of Water with Temperature etc.

Important Questions on Specific Heat Capacity

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The molar heat capacity of water at constant pressure is  75J K1 mol1. When 1kJ of heat is supplied to 100g of water, which is free to expand, the increase in temperature of water is

                               

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Two different liquids of same mass are kept in two identical vessel, which are placed in a freezer that extracts heat from them at the same rate causing each liquid to transform into a solid. The schematic figure below shows the temperaure T vs time t plot for the two materials. We denote the specific heat in the liquid states to be CL1 and CL2 for materials 1 and 2 respectively, and latent heats of fusion U1 and U2 respectively.

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Choose the correct option.

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200 g water is heated from 40 oC to 60 oC . Ignoring the slight expansion of water, the change in its internal energy is close to (Given specific heat of water =4184 J/kg/K):

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Water is used as a coolant because 

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A person weighing 50 kg takes in 1500 kcal diet per day. If this energy were to be used in heating the body of person without any losses, then the rise in his temperature is (specific heat of human body =0.83 cal g-1 -1 )

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Amongst object A and B, if the specific heat of object A is less than of object B, then 

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The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg mass of water through 1 K is called its

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The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg mass of water through 1 K is called its

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A lead bullet strikes a target with a velocity of 480 m s-1. After the impact, the bullet falls dead and the heat produced in the process gets equally shared between the bullet and the target. If the specific heat capacity of lead is c=0.03 cal g-1C-1, then the rise in temperature of the bullet is (Assume that kinetic energy of a bullet is totally converted into heat).

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Specific heat of a substance is given by S=(1+2T) J kg-1 K-1, find out amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 2 kg substance from 10°C to 20°C.

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The number of degrees of freedom of a gas whose specific heat capacity at constant pressure is 33.24 J mol-1 K-1, is
(universal gas constant =8.31 J mol-1 K-1 )

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The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 10 g liquid from 0°C to 10°C, if its specific heat in  cal g°C varies with temperature as 0.3t2 (where t is temperature in C) is

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50 g of steam at 100°C is passed into a large block of ice at 0°C the mass of ice that melts is

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20 gm ice at -10°C is mixed with m gm steam at 100°C. The minimum value of m so that finally all ice and steam converts into water is,

(Use, sice=0.5 cal gm-1 °C, swater=1 cal gm-1 °CL(melting)=80 cal gm-1 and L (vaporization)=540 cal gm-1.)

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Which one of the following would raise the temperature of 20 gm of water at 30°C most, when mixed with:

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Which statement is false for specific heat of water?

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Two identical bodies are made of a material for which the heat capacity decreases with increase in temperature. One of these is at 100°C while the other one is at 0°C. If the two bodies are brought into contact, then the final common temperature will be-

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A mixture of n1 moles of monoatomic gas and n2 moles of diatomic gas has γ=1.5. Then:

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A tap supplies water at 20 °C. A man takes 1 litre of water per minute at 35 °C from a geyser connected to the tap. The power of geyser is...(Take Swater=4200 J kg-1 K-1)

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 The thermal capacity of 200 g of aluminium (specific heat 0.2 cal g-1C-1),  is