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प्रश्न
Water in lakes and ponds do not freeze at once in cold countries. Give a reason is support of your answer.
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उत्तर
The specific latent heat of fusion of ice is sufficiently high (= 336 J g-1), and so to freeze water, a large quantity of heat has to be withdrawn. Hence, it freezes slowly and thus keeps the surroundings moderate.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Specific heat capacity of substance A is 3.8 J g-1K-1 whereas the specific heat capacity of substance B is 0.4 J g-1 K-1
(i) Which of the two is a good conductor of heat?
(ii) How is one led to the above conclusion?
(iii) If substances A and B are liquids then which one would be more useful in car radiators?
If 10125 J of heat energy boils off 4.5 g of water at 100°C to steam at 100°C, find the specific latent heat of steam.
Some heat is provided to a body to raise its temperature by 25°C. What will be the corresponding rise in temperature of the body as shown on the Kelvin scale?
Derive an expression for finding out the specific heat capacity of a body (solid) from the readings of an experiment given below:
(i) Mass of empty calorimeter (with stirrer) = m1 gm
(ii) Mass of the metal piece = M gm
(iii) Mass of colorimeter and water = m2 gm
(iv) Initial temperature and water = t1°C
(v) Temperature of hot solid (metal piece) = t2 °C
(vi) Final temperature of the mixture = t°C
(vii) Specific heat of calorimeter = 0.4 J gm / °C
Numerical Problem.
What is the heat in joules required to raise the temperature of 25 grams of water from 0°C to 100°C? What is the heat in Calories? (Specific heat of water = `(4.18"J")/("g"°"C")`
The molar specific heats of an ideal gas at constant pressure and constant volume are denoted by Cp and Cv respectively. If `gamma = "C"_"p"/"C"_"v"` and R is the universal gas constant, then Cp is equal to ______.
On supplying 100 µC of charge to a conductor, its potential rises by 5 V then capacity of the conductor is ______.
The diagram below shows a cooling curve for 200 g of water. The heat is extracted at the rate of 100 Js-1. Answer the questions that follow:
- Calculate specific heat capacity of water.
- Heat released in the region BC.
Observe the following diagram and answer the questions given below:
Specific heat capacity of metals
- Which element has maximum specific heat capacity? Justify.
- Which element has minimum specific heat capacity? Justify.
- Define specific heat of object.
