Specific Heat Capacity

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What is specific heat capacity?

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Specific heat capacity is the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1°C.

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What is the specific heat of platinum?

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0.133 J/g°C.

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How do you calculate the heat (Q) released when a substance cools?

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Q = mass × specific heat × change in temperature.

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What is the formula to calculate the change in temperature?

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Change in temperature = Final temperature - Initial temperature.

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What does a high specific heat indicate about a substance?

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It requires more energy to change temperature.

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What is the specific heat of water?

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4.18 J/g°C.

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If 10 g of platinum cools from 100°C to 50°C, how much heat is released?

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66.5 J.

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What is the change in temperature when aluminum foil cools from 100°C to 50°C?

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50°C.

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Which substance heats up slower: water, lead, granite, or iron?

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Water.

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What is thermal energy?

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Thermal energy is the total kinetic energy of particles in a substance.