3. a) What do you understand by the specific heat capacity of a substance? b) A lump of pure ice of mass 20 g and at a temperature of 0.0 °C is dropped into a well-insulated calorimeter (of negligible specific heat capacity) containing 210 g of alcohol at a temperature of 23.0 °C. After stirring properly, the mixture attains an equilibrium temperature of 8.4 °C. (i) State one similarity between the molecular properties of ice and alcohol (liquid).

3. a) What do you understand by the specific heat capacity of a substance? b) A lump of pure ice of mass 20 g and at a temperature of 0.0 °C is dropped into a well-insulated calorimeter (of negligible specific heat capacity) containing 210 g of alcohol at a temperature of 23.0 °C. After stirring properly, the mixture attains an equilibrium temperature of 8.4 °C. (i) State one similarity between the molecular properties of ice and alcohol (liquid).

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Chapter11: Energy In Thermal Processes

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