What is the mode of transference of energy, when petrol is subjected to combustion in an internal combustion engine ?
It is a partly as work and partly as heat.
Define specific heat of a substance.
It is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance through l°C.
Differentiate between molar heat capacity and molar solution.
Molar heat capacity: Molar heat capacity means the amount of heat absorbed by one of the substance to raise its temperature through 1°.
Molar solution. The molar solution means a solution containing one mole of the solute per litre of the solution.
Define molar heat capacity of a substance.
Define heat capacity of a system.
It is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature by one degree celcius or kelvin. It is expressed in units of thermal energy per degree temperature.