Specific Heat
The high specific heat of the water has a major impact on the temperatures in a coastal city compared to an inland city.
A large mass of water near a coastal city can absorb or release five times the energy absorbed or released by the same mass of rock near an inland city.
Heat Equation: Specific heat expression that is arranged to solve for heat.
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Change of State: It occurs when the matter is converted from one state to another.
Melting Point: The particles of a solid gain sufficient energy to overcome the attractive forces that hold them together.
Freezing Point: This occurs when a liquid changes to a solid.
Heat Fusion: The energy that must be added to convert exactly 1 g of solid to liquid at the melting point.
Evaporation: It is taking place as water molecules with sufficient energy escape from the liquid surface and enter the gas phase.
Boiling Point (bp): The molecules within a liquid have enough energy to overcome their attractive forces and become gas.
Condensation: The water vapor is converted back to liquid as the water molecules lose kinetic energy and slow down.
Sublimation: The particles on the surface of a solid change directly to a gas with no temperature change and without going through the liquid state.
Deposition: The reverse of sublimation; the gas particles change directly to a solid.
Heat of Vaporization: The energy that must be added to convert exactly 1 g of liquid to gas at its boiling point.
On a heating curve or cooling curve, the temperature is shown on the vertical axis and the loss or gain of heat is shown on the horizontal axis.
Cooling Curve: A diagram of the cooling process in which the temperature decreases as heat is removed.
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