Naomi is investigating the properties of a solid material. It takes 120 joules to raise the temperature of 10 grams of the material by 5 degrees. What is the specific heat of the material?
when heat energy is supplied to a material it can raise the temperature of mass of the material. Specific heat is the amount of energy required by 1 g of material to raise the temperature by 1 °C. equation is H = mcΔt H - heat energy m - mass of material c - specific heat of the material Δt - change in temperature substituting the values in the equation 120 J = 10 g x c x 5 °C c = 2.4 Jg⁻¹°C⁻¹
