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Why does high specific heat of water make it essential to life?
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∙ 12y ago
The high specific heat allows water to act as a heat sink. Water will retain its temperature after absorbing large amount of heat and retain its temperature after losing equally large amount of heat. So water is essential for life.
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∙ 12y ago
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Water has a relatively low specific heat?
The specific heat of water is high. An example of an object with low specific heat would be a metal pan. Since specific heat is the energy needed to raise 1g of something 1 degree Celsius, water would have a high specific heat.
Does hydrogen or water has high specific heat capacity?
Water has a MUCH higher specific heat than hydrogen.
What has high specific heat cohesion and adhesion?
water
Which substance having high specific heat capacity?
A common substance with a high specific heat is water. There are a few substances that have a higher heat capacity than water, though, such as lithium and ammonia.
What is responsible for high surface tension and high specific heat in water?
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Why is water an excellent material to use in the calorimeter?
because water has a very high specific heat capacity compared to most liquids
Which is true about water and specific heat It makes water a good solvent. The specific heat is unusually high. it is unusually low. It causes water to heat up easily?
The answer is that the specific heat is unusually high. This means that you have to supply more heat than for most substances in order to raise the temperature by each degree C.
Why Water is used in hot water bags why?
Due To high specific heat
What practical use would a substance with a very high specific heat have?
Heat and thus energy storage. UK heating systems in homes use circulating water to heat homes because of water's high Specific Heat Capacity.
Why does water have a high specific heat and heat evaporation?
It is because of the hydrogen bonds that form between the water molecules.
Water is a good coolant because of its hig heat of?
Water has a high heat capacity, so it can absorbs a lot of heat in comparison to other molecules of the same amount or volume.
Does a high or low specific heat mean the substance heats up so fast?
low specific heat is like sand and high specific heat is like water at the beach it may be hot outside the water is still cold but the sand is hot as ever.
