Question

Explain about the term specific heat?
What is the specific heat of water, steam and ice ?​

Answer 1

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Here's your answer....

The specific heat capacity, or the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a specific substance in a specific form one degree Celsius, for water is 4.187 kJ/kgK, for ice 2.108 kJ/kgK, and for water vapor (steam) 1.996 kJ/kgK.

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Answer 2

Specific Heat- It can be explained as the heat required for increasing the temperature of one gram of any body by 1°C.

Units-

$(i) \frac{Cal}{g \degree \: C} \\ (ii) \frac{J}{Kg \degree \: C}$

Dimension Formula

$S = \frac{Q}{m \delta{T}} \\ = > S = \frac{ {M}^{1} {L}^{2} {T}^{ - 1} }{ {M}^{1} {K}^{1} } \\ = > \boxed{S = [{M}^{1}{L}^{</strong><strong>-</strong><strong>2}{T}^{ - 1}]}$

Some Important Points

• It depends on the nature of material.
• Solid and liquid have nearly constant specific heat.
• In gases it veries over large range.
• The substances having higher specific heat will have lower rise in temperature and vice-versa.

Specific Heat of Water = 4200 J/Kg°C.

Specific Heat of Steam = 2100 J/Kg°C.

Specific Heat of Ice = 2100 J/Kg°C.