Specific Heat Capacity of Gases
Specific Heat Capacity of Gases: Overview
This topic consists of various concepts like Monoatomic, Diatomic and Polyatomic Molecules,Specific Heat Capacity of Water,, etc.
Important Questions on Specific Heat Capacity of Gases
The value of for a monoatomic gas is . Then its value of is (where the symbols have their usual meaning)

of ice is passed into a container having water at . The equilibrium temperature of the mixture is :

In gases of diatomic molecules, find the ratio of the two specific heat of gases .

What is the atomicity of chlorine and argon?

An example of diatomic molecule is

What is specific heat capacity?
What will be the rise in temperature of the water if falls from a height of , assuming all the energy is used in heating the water?
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Define diatomic gas and give examples.

Explain the specific heat capacity of water.

Two moles of oxygen are mixed with three moles of helium. What will be the ratio of specific heats at constant pressure and constant volume for the mixture?

If and denote the specific heats of unit mass of nitrogen gas at constant pressure and volume respectively, then:

A container has 4.2 litres of water at . Heat required to boil water in is

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

Water is used as a coolant because

In the above question, if , the gas may

When an ideal monoatomic gas is heated at constant pressure, fraction of heat energy supplied which increases the internal energy of gas is
