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Explain why the specific heat capacity at 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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