Specific Heat
Specific Heat: Overview
In this topic, we will learn about specific heat with its units. It describes some natural phenomena caused due to high specific heat. A table is also given here to show the specific heat of some substances.
Important Questions on Specific Heat
What are the factors affecting on specific heat capacity?

Water is used as a coolant because, it has high specific heat capacity.


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

The specific heat capacity of any substance is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one unit substance by hundred degree.

A cube of lead of at is supplied with a heat. Find the final temperature (in degree Celsius) of the lead cube. (Take, specific heat of lead is )

Calculate the heat energy (in joules) to raise the temperature of of water from to . (Take specific heat of water, )

Heat transferred to the surrounding will increase the internal energy of a system.

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

Which is contained in a body in a greater amount: heat or internal energy?

The internal energy of a system in any spontaneous process always tends to decrease.

Heat transferred to the surrounding will increase the internal energy of a system.

Study the table given below and answer the following questions
Substances | Specific heat capacity () |
Water | 4200 |
Oil | 2100 |
Iron | 490 |
Lead | 130 |
of energy was used to heat up iron by . How much mass of iron was heated?

Study the table given below and answer the following questions
Substances | Specific heat capacity () |
Water | 4200 |
Oil | 2100 |
Iron | 490 |
Lead | 130 |
How much energy is needed to heat up of oil from to ?

An insulated container containing ideal monoatomic gas of molar mass is moving with a velocity . If the container is suddenly stopped. The change in temperature is

In a process, temperature and volume of one mole of an ideal monoatomic gas are varied according to the relation where is a constant. In this process the temperature of the gas is increased by The amount of heat absorbed by gas is ( is gas constant):
