What do you mean by Cp and Cv
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What is Cp and Cv ?
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☑Cp is the specific heat at constant pressure .
☑Cv is the specific heat at constant volume
Now ,
What is specific heat ?
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☑Amount of heat that required to raise the temperature by 1°C .
Why Cp is always greater than Cv?
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As Cp is amount of heat that required to raise the temperature by 1°C when heat is given at constant pressure.
So pressure is fixed in Cp but some work may be done . So heat may produce.So more energy required to increase the temperature of system.
But ,
Cv is the amount of heat that required to raise the temperature by 1°C when heat is given at constant volume.
According to the equation
W = P∆V
if volume is constant then workdone is Zero . So no heat produced .Whole energy is used to increase the temperature of a system.
Result
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So we get that Cp > Cv
Answer -
Cp is "Specific Heat in constant pressure". ...
Cv is "Specific heat in constant volume".
This means it is the amount of heat required to increase temperature by 1 dgree celcius, when heat is given at constant volume. So, Cp and Cv is used according to the heat supplied.
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