Question

explain the anomaly in the specific heat of metals? (100 words)

Answer 1

Equations have been derived for the variation of the specific heat with temperature for non-stoicho-metric metal hydrides using both attractive and repulsive hydrogen atom mutual interactions. The calculated specific heat anomalies resulting from solute atom rearrangement within the solvent lattice have been compared with measured specific heat curves for palladium and Group V metal hydrides.