Physics (10th Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Temperature and Heat - Check Your Understanding - Page 331: 11

Answer

The object with smaller mass experiences the temperature change with the greater magnitude.

Work Step by Step

The object with the smaller mass experiences temperature change with the greater magnitude . Heat is defined as: $Q=mc$$\Delta$$T$ Where $m$ is mass, $c$ is the specific heat capacity and $\Delta$$T$ is the temperature change . Now we have the temperature change as: $\Delta$$T$ $=$ $Q/mc$ We see that temperature change is inversely proportional to the mass. So the mass means smaller the temperature change. The smaller mass , greater the temperature change.
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