The specific heat capacity of oxygen is 918 J/kg °C. That means that it takes 918 J of energy to raise _____ kg of oxygen by 1°C. What number completes the sentence?
Question
The specific heat capacity of oxygen is 918 J/kg °C. That means that it takes 918 J of energy to raise _____ kg of oxygen by 1°C. What number completes the sentence?
Solution
The number that completes the sentence is 1. The specific heat capacity is defined as the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of a certain amount of a substance by a certain temperature. In this case, it takes 918 J of energy to raise 1 kg of oxygen by 1°C.
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