Aluminum has a specific heat capacity more than twice that of copper. Place equal masses of aluminum and copper wire in a flame and the one to undergo the fastest increase in temperature will be? Group of answer choicescopper.aluminum.both will have the same temperature increase.
Question
Aluminum has a specific heat capacity more than twice that of copper. Place equal masses of aluminum and copper wire in a flame and the one to undergo the fastest increase in temperature will be? Group of answer choicescopper.aluminum.both will have the same temperature increase.
Solution
The wire that will undergo the fastest increase in temperature will be copper. This is because specific heat capacity is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance by one degree. Since aluminum has a higher specific heat capacity than copper, it requires more heat to increase its temperature. Therefore, for equal masses, copper will heat up faster than aluminum.
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