Home
Class 12
CHEMISTRY
The heat required to raise the temperatu...

The heat required to raise the temperature of a body by `1 K` is called

A

specific heat

B

thermal capacity

C

water equivalent

D

None of these

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
B
Heat rquired to raise the temperature of a body by `1 K` is called thermal capacity of the body.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • CHEMICAL KINETICS

    DINESH PUBLICATION|Exercise Additional Numerical Problems For Practice|16 Videos

  • CHEMISTRY IN EVERY DAY LIFE

    DINESH PUBLICATION|Exercise Unit test-9|50 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

The heat required to raise the temperature of a body by 1^(@)C is called

The heat required to rasie the temperature of a body of 1 K is called

The heat required to raise the temperature of body by 1^(@)C is called:

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a body by 1^@C is called

Amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a body through 1 K is called its.

The heat requried to raise the temperature of body by 1^(@)C is called :

The quantity required to increase the temperature of a body by 1 Kelvin is called -

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of the entire body by 1^@C is called

DINESH PUBLICATION-CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS AND CHEMICAL ENERGETICS -Exercise
  1. When 1 mole of gas is heated at constant volume. Temperature is raised...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. Enthalpy of CH(4)+(1)/(2)O(2)rarrCH(3)OH is negative. If enthalpy of...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. The heat required to raise the temperature of a body by 1 K is called

    Text Solution

    |

  4. A heat engine absorbs heat Q(1) at temperature T(1) and Q(2) at temper...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. An endotthermic reaction is non-spontaneous at freezing point of water...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Compounds with high heat of formation are less stable because

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Which of the following statements is true ?

    Text Solution

    |

  8. The intensive property among these quantities is

    Text Solution

    |

  9. An adiabatic expansion of an Ideal gas always has

    Text Solution

    |

  10. The favourable conditions for a spontaneous reaction are

    Text Solution

    |

  11. In a closed insulated container, a liquid is stirred with a paddle to ...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. C("diamond")toC("Graphite"), DeltaH=-ve. Then shows that

    Text Solution

    |

  13. If a reaction involves only solids and liquid, which of the following ...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. Mechanical work is specially important in systems that contain

    Text Solution

    |

  15. The law formulated by Nernst is

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Heat exchanged in a chemical reaction at constant temperature and pres...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. Heat of combustion DeltaH^(@) for C(s),H(2)(g) and CH(4)(g) are 94, -6...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. The enthalpy of formation of ammonia is - 46.2 mol^(-1). The enthalpy ...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. The molar heat capacity of water at constant pressure, C(P) , is 75 JK...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. What is the entropy change (in JK^(-1)mol^(-1)) when one mole of ice i...

    Text Solution

    |