Question
The specific heat of water is 4.184J/gc and that of aluminum is 0.897J/gc which substance will show a larger increase in temperature upon the addition of 100J of heat to 100g the aluminum or the water
Answers
Kishwar
Don’t know how to put the calculation
DrBob222
heat in = mass x specific heat x delta T
q = mc(delta T)
100 = 100 x 4.184 x delta T.
Substitute and solve for dT.
Substitute for Al and calculate dT.
Which dT is larger?
q = mc(delta T)
100 = 100 x 4.184 x delta T.
Substitute and solve for dT.
Substitute for Al and calculate dT.
Which dT is larger?