What is heat capacity?

  • A
    The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance by $1^{\circ}C$.
  • B
    The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of $1 \ g$ of a substance by $1^{\circ}C$.
  • C
    The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of $1 \ mole$ of a substance by $1^{\circ}C$.
  • D
    The total energy of a system.

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$(ii)$ Heat capacity is a ......... property of matter.
$(iii)$ The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of $1 \ mol$ of a substance by $1^{\circ} C$ is called ......... .

The $C_{p}$ of $H_{2}O_{(l)}$ is $75.3 \ J \ mol^{-1} \ K^{-1}$. What is the energy (in $J$) required to raise $180 \ g$ of liquid water from $10^{\circ}C$ to $15^{\circ}C$? $(H_{2}O = 18 \ u)$

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At constant volume,$4 \; mol$ of an ideal gas when heated from $300 \; K$ to $500 \; K$ changes its internal energy by $5000 \; J$. The molar heat capacity at constant volume is ............... $J \; mol^{-1} \; K^{-1}$

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