Topic P1- Specific Heat Capacity
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- Created on: 03-01-19 17:42
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- Specific Heat Capacity relates temperature and energy
- Heating a substance increases the energy in its thermal energy store or the kinetic energy stores of its particles. A.K.A the internal energy of a substance
- Some substances require more energy than others to increase the temperature e.g. 4200J is needed to warm 1kg of water by 1 degree celsius whereas only 139J is needed to raise 1kg of mercury by 1 degree celsius
- Materials that gain lots of energy to heat up also lose a lot of energy when the material cools down again
- Materials store energy for a given change in temperature
- The change in…
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