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Why the specific heat capacity of constant pressure is greater than the specific heat capacity at constant volume?

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It implies that to increase the temperature of the gas at constant volume requires less heat than increasing the temperature of the gas at constant pressure. In other words `s_(p)` is always greater than `s_(v)`.
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