Question

The specific heat of gold is 0.031 calories/gram°C and the specific heat of silver is 0.057 calories/gram°C. If equal amounts of each metal are exposed to equal heating, which will heat up faster?

Answer 1

specific heat is the amount of heat needed to make the temperature higher by a unit. Then, the lower the specific heat, the faster it will heat up given that the the amount of metals are the same.