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At a given temperature, the specific hea...

At a given temperature, the specific heat of a gas at constant pressure is always greater than its specific heat at constant volume.

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`C_(p)gtC_(v)`
This is because at constant pressure when heat is supplied to the gas for increasing temperature, some heat is used up in doing work for increasing volume.
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