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The greater the mass of a body, the greater is its specific heat capacity. True of false?

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False. The specific heat capacity is the characteristic property of the material of the body and not of the body.
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CENGAGE PHYSICS-CALORIMETRY-Exercise 1.1
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  5. Can heat be considered to be a form of stored energy?

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  6. Give an example of a process in which no heat is transferred to or fro...

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  7. The latent heat of fusion of a substance is always less than the laten...

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  8. Suppose an astronaut on the surface of the moon took some water at abo...

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  9. Heat is added to a body. Does its temperature necessarily increase?

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