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guys can anyone tell me the relation between latent heat and specific heat capacity??


naiksavitri123 15th Nov, 2019
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NIDHI 27th Oct, 2020

Changing the internal energy of a material will cause it to change temperature or change state: the energy required for a particular change in temperature is given by the specific heat capacity . the energy required for a particular change in state is given by the specific latent heat .

Specific heat capacity is the heat required to raise the temperature of unit mass of a substance by 1°C(1K). ... Latent heat of the substance is the heat required to change the phase of the substance without any change in thetemperature.

S. Saha Student Expert 15th Nov, 2019
The specific heat capacity of a material is written in the form of-

Q = mc(delta T)
Q = energy in / or out of the material in J
m = mass of the material in kg
c = the specific heat capacity of the material in J kg^-1 K^-1
DT = change in temperature in kelvin

The latent heat is written as-

Q = ml
Q = = energy in / or out of the material in J
m = mass of the material which has changed statein kg
L= thelatent heat in J kg^-1

So the relation is as follows-

l =c (delta T)
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