Specific Heat Capacity and Molar Heat Capacity

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Specific Heat Capacity and Molar Heat Capacity: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Heat, Specific Heat Capacity, Heat Capacity and, Molar Specific Heat Capacity

Important Questions on Specific Heat Capacity and Molar Heat Capacity

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During an adiabatic process, the pressure of a gas is found to be proportional to the cube of its absolute temperature. The ratio CPCV  for the gas is x2. Find x.

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Specific heat capacity of a substance depends on the mass of the substance. 

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The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of the whole substance through 1 Co is called the _____. (heat capacity/specific heat capacity)

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Find the heat energy released from the liquid in cooling 0.2 kg of liquid from 135 °C  to 25°C . While the specific heat of the liquid is 750 joule/kg °C .

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To increase the temperature of 0.2  kg of fluid from 20°C  to 70°C  700  calories of heat are required. Find the specific heat of the liquid.

a. in calories

b. in joules.

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It is known that the universal gas constant R is n times Cp (molar heat capacity at constant pressure) for an ideal monatomic gas. What is the value of n here?

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Specific heat of a solid depends on which of the following factors?

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M kg of water at t oC is divided into two parts so that one part of mass m kg when converted into ice at 0 oC would release enough heat to vapourise the other part, then mM is equal to
Specific heat to water=1 cal g-1 oC-1Latent heat of fusion of ice=80 cal g-1,Latent heat of steam=540 cal g-1

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Three liquids with masses m1, m2, m3 are thoroughly mixed. If their specific heats are c1, c2, c3 and their temperatures T1, T2, T3 respectively, then the temperature of the mixture is

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During an adiabatic process, the pressure of a gas is found to be proportional to the cube of its absolute temperature. The ratio CPCV  for the gas is