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प्रश्न
Give one example where high specific heat capacity of water is used as heat reservoir ?
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उत्तर
To avoid freezing of wine and juice bottles.
संबंधित प्रश्न
The coolant in a chemical or a nuclear plant (i.e., the liquid used to prevent the different parts of a plant from getting too hot) should have high specific heat.
50 g of metal piece at 27°C requires 2400 J of heat energy so as to attain a temperature of 327°C . Calculate the specific heat capacity of the metal.
Describe a method to determine the specific heat capacity of a solid, like a piece of copper ?
In an experiment to determine the specific heat capacity of a solid following operations were
made:
Mass of calorimeter + stirrer = x kg
Mass of water = y kg
Initial temperature of water t1℃
Mass of solid = z kg
Temperature of solid = t2 ℃
Temperature of mixture = t ℃
Specific heat capacity of calorimeter and water are c1 and c2 respectively. Express the specific
heat capacity c of the solid in terms of the above data.
A heater of power P watt raises the temperature of m kg of a liquid by Δt K in time t s. Express
the specific heat capacity of liquid in terms of above data.
A piece of ice is heated at a constant rate. The variation of temperature with heat input is shown in the graph below:

(i) What are represented by AB and CD?
(ii) What conclusion can you draw regarding the 110°c nature of ice from the above graph?
A piece of iron of mass 2.0 kg has a thermal capacity of 966 J/°C. What is its specific heat capacity in S.I. units?
A diatomic gas undergoes adiabatic change. Its pressure 'P' and temperature 'T' are related as p ∝ Tx, where x is ______.
Two metals A and B have specific heat capacities in the ratio 2 : 3. If they are supplied the same amount of heat then
Which metal piece will show a greater rise in temperature given their masses is the same?
When two kilocalories of heat are supplied to a system, the internal energy of the system increases by 5030 J and the work done by the gas against the external pressure is 3350 J. Calculate J, the mechanical equivalent of heat.
