Question

you apply the same amount of heat to five grams of water and five grams of aluminum the temperature of the aluminum increases more than the temp of the water what can you conculde

Answer 1

I can conclude that the aluminum heats up faster then the water, since how they are made up is more different, each has a different compound to it, plus water is more denser

Answer 2

As we know that heat given to a substance is given by the formula as

`Q = m C\Delta T`

now we know that

`\Delta T = (Q)/(m C)`

now we know that aluminium and water both are of same mass and both are given same amount of heat so the value of Q and m will be same.

So here we can say that change in temperature depends inversely on the specific heat capacity.

So here if more specific heat capacity then there will be less change in temperature.

so we can conclude that since temperature of aluminium increases more so the specific heat capacity of aluminium will be less than that of water.