Will the specific heat of 50 g of a substance be the same as, or greater than, the specific heat of 10 g of the same substance

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Carley Solomon

Physics

9 December, 09:20

Will the specific heat of 50 g of a substance be the same as, or greater than, the specific heat of 10 g of the same substance

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Julianne Hanson · Answer 1

The specific heat of 50 g of the substance will be the same as the specific heat of 10 g of the substance.

In fact, specific heat is a property of the substance, and it is defined as the amount of heat needed to increase the temperature of 1 g of that substance by 1 degree. Since it is a property of the substance, it does not depend on its mass, so it is the same for the two samples.