Question

Samples of two metals of equal mass but with different heat capacities are originally at the same temperature. Il the same amounto1'heat is added to both samples, for which metal will the final temperature be lower (assume that no phase change, such as meltng, occurs).

Answer 1

The heat capacity corresponds to the energy needed to raise one degree of temperature for one gram of substance. That is, the greater the heat capacity, for the same mass, the greater the energy required to raise the temperature of the material.

Therefore, between the two metals with the same mass, the same initial temperature, and the same heat added, we can say that the one with the higher heat capacity will present a lower final temperature.