The number of calories required to raise the temperature of 1g of water from 15 to 16?C is called___________?
Correct answer: B. Specific Heat capacity
- A. Specific Heat of Vaporization
- B. Specific Heat capacity
- C. Caloric Heat
- D. Both A and C
Explanation
The heat needed to raise 1 g of water by 1 °C is one calorie, and this illustrates water's specific heat capacity, 1 cal/g°C. Students may choose caloric heat, but that is not the standard name for a substance's heat required per unit mass per degree.
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