(This is a part b question... Part a asked to test and see if the dulong and pet

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(This is a part b question... Part a asked to test and see if the dulong and petit relationship is accurate. (M)(C)=25. )

Part b asks.. (Please answer b)

B). For the use of the equation with molecules rather than atoms, the number 25 should be multiplied by the number of atoms per molecule. Is the value 4.184 joules/g deg. for water consistent with this oversimplified approach? Explain your answer ( note that there is a threshold temperature below which this approach will have a significant error)

Explanation / Answer

yes because Specific heat can be thought of as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree Celsius. Specific heat constants have the units of J/g

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