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why some materials like water have high specific heat capacities. then think opposite for low specific heat capacity.

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Solids have high density due to compact arrangement of constituent particles.The energy possessed by them is not used for their motion.Opposite to this, gaseous and liquid have very lose arrangement. The constituent particles can move freely by using their energy.hence energy is not stored in them resulting low specific heat capacity. Share

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Some substances heat up quickly, while other substances heat up slowly. Water is one of the latter—it has a high specific heat capacity because it requires more energy to raise the temperature. Water has a specific heat capacity of 4182 J/kg°C. Because water is such an important and common substance, we even have a special way to identify

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