Talk:Specific heat capacity
From Academic Kids
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"Substances with a high specific heat capacity tend to have strong chemical bonds, because they require a lot of energy to break their molecules? apart. "
This would apply to a given molecule having a high energy of atomisation, and not to a high heat capacity. Heat capacity measurement depend on there being no chemical change in the substance before during and after the measurement.
I was wondering how long it would take for someone to spot my deliberate mistake ;). Apart from the awful phrasing it isn't *that* wrong though, simply replacing 'chemical' with 'inter-molecular' would have sorted it.
i definitely DON'T understand how to find specific heat from mass, heat added, and temperature change... can someone help?
