Question

In general, ------------- have higher heat capacity

• A. Conductors
• B. Insulators
• C. cant say
• D. None of these

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Insulators

Materials with a high specific heat will be better insulators. The reason for this is that materials with a high specific heat will absorb or release a lot of thermal energy with little change in temperature.

For example, consider a metal rod with one end is inside the fire and while the other end we are holding in our hand, after few moment we will feel heat , while if we replace metal by wood then we will not feel that heat very soon, this is because wood has high heat capacity .