Specific Heat Capacity and Specific Latent Heat
 

Specific Heat Capacity and Specific Latent Heat problem 44


  • Define specific heat capacity.


  • A student carries out an experiment to determine the specific heat capacity of a liquid using the apparatus illustrated in the figure below.




    Liquid enters the tube at a constant temperature of and leaves the tube at a temperature of . The mass of liquid flowing through the tube per unit time is . Electrical power is dissipated in the heating coil. The student changes and adjusts until the final temperature of the liquid leaving the tube is . The data shown in the table below are obtained.




    • Suggest why the student obtains data for two values of , rather than for one value.


    • Calculate the specific heat capacity of the liquid.


 

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