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Specific HeatEvery substance has a specific heat, as a substance absodis beat, its temperaturechanges Specific heat is defined as the amount of heat energy (calorie) required to raise thetemperature of 1 g of substance by IC The higher the specific heat of an object the more heatit takes to raise its temperature. Substances with higher specific beats take longer to heat up. Asubstance with a very low specific heat would heat very quickly.If substance A has a specific heat of 50 cal/g"C and substance 11 has a specific heat of10 cal/g C, which of these substances would heat up fastest?Would you want your cookware to have a high specific heat or a low specific heat? Explainyour answer.

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Answer:

Substance II would heat up fastest

It would be better for cookwares to have lower specific heat capacity to decrease cooking time

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we want to compare the specific heat capacity of the two substances

From the question, the higher the specific heat capacity, the higher the needed energy to raise the temperature

Since substance 2 has a lower specific heat capacity, it will heat up faster

Cookwares should have a lower specific heat capacity so as to decrease cooking time. If they had high specific heat capacity, cooking in them would take time which would not be desirous

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