Clarification on Heat Capacity
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Clarification on Heat Capacity
for the specific heat capacity formula (Qp = nCpdeltaT), is Cp the molar heat capacity of a gas at constant temp or at constant pressure? I'm assuming pressure but i just wanna be sure.
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Re: Clarification on Heat Capacity
It is constant pressure. It couldn't be constant temp because you have a deltaT term in your equation meaning temperature is changing.
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Re: Clarification on Heat Capacity
Cp is at constant pressure, while Cv would be at constant volume. In this equation specifically, Cp couldn't be at constant temperature because of the deltaT. If deltaT was 0, Qp would also be zero and Cp wouldn't even be necessary.
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Re: Clarification on Heat Capacity
Cp in the specific heat capacity formula stands for constant pressure, since the delta T in that formula is what stands for a change in temperature.
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