Heat Capacity - Relationship between Cp and Cv - Practice Questions & MCQ

A certain reaction has a heat capacity of  . If  heat is added to the system, calculate the resulting temperature change of the reaction.

Consider a system that consists of 200 g of water initially at 25°C. The system absorbs 1500 J of heat from the surroundings. Calculate the final temperature of the water assuming no phase change occurs.

Given:
Specific heat capacity of water (C or c) 

Heat Transfer and Temperature Change

A piece of copper weighing is heated until its temperature increases from . Calculate the amount of heat absorbed by the copper. Given: Specific heat of copper
 

Consider a 3-mole sample of an ideal monatomic gas initially at a temperature of 200 K and a volume of 10 liters. The gas undergoes an isochoric process, during which it absorbs 1500 J of heat. If the final temperature of the gas is 400 K, calculate the heat capacity at constant volume for this gas.

Given: Initial temperature  = 200 K
Initial volume  = 10 liters
Heat absorbed (Q) = 1500 J
Final temperature  = 400 K
The gas is ideal and monatomic.

A 3-mole sample of an ideal monatomic gas is initially at a temperature of 200 K and a volume of 10 liters. The gas undergoes an isochoric process, during which it absorbs 1500 J of heat. If the final temperature of the gas is 400 K, calculate the heat capacity at constant volume  for this gas.
 

Given: Initial temperature = 200 K
Initial volume  = 10 liters
Heat absorbed(Q) = 1500 J
Final temperature  = 400 K
The gas is ideal and monatomic.

A sample of an ideal diatomic gas is initially at a temperature of 500 K and a volume of 4 liters. The gas undergoes an isochoric process, during which it absorbs 1800 J of heat. If the final temperature of the gas is 700 K, calculate the heat capacity at constant volume  for this gas.

Given: Initial temperature  = 500 K
Initial volume  = 4 liters
Heat absorbed (Q) = 1800 J
Final temperature  = 700 K
The gas is ideal and diatomic.

Calculate the heat required to raise the temperature of 100 g of water from to its boiling point at
. The specific heat capacity of water is 

The heat of fusion for a certain substance is How much heat is required to completely melt 50 grams
of this substance from solid to liquid at its melting point?

A chemical reaction takes place in a bomb calorimeter. The calorimeter is surrounded by a water bath, and the temperature of the water bath increases from upon the reaction. The heat capacity of the water bath is . Calculate the heat released by the reaction.