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Which of the following has the highest heat capacity?
Which of the following has the highest heat capacity?
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The correct option is C Water
Heat capacity is the amount of heat energy absorbed by a substance to increase its temperature by 1∘C. Heat capacity is also known as thermal capacity.
It takes a lot of heat to increase the temperature of liquid water or in other words, water has a high specific heat capacity.
Specific heat capacity of different materials is mentioned below:
Paraffin =0.54 cal g−1 ∘C−1
Iron =0.11 cal g−1 ∘C−1
Water =1.0 cal g−1 ∘C−1
Mercury =0.033 g−1 ∘C−1
Heat capacity is the amount of heat energy absorbed by a substance to increase its temperature by 1∘C. Heat capacity is also known as thermal capacity.
It takes a lot of heat to increase the temperature of liquid water or in other words, water has a high specific heat capacity.
Specific heat capacity of different materials is mentioned below:
Paraffin =0.54 cal g−1 ∘C−1
Iron =0.11 cal g−1 ∘C−1
Water =1.0 cal g−1 ∘C−1
Mercury =0.033 g−1 ∘C−1
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