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Grade 11Physical Chemistry

Why heat capacity at constant pressure is greater than heat capacity at constant volume?

Profile image of Aditya Shelat
14 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
14 Years ago

in constant volume process, energy is needed only to increase temperature. In constant pressure process, energy is needed to increase temperature plus doing work in expanding against external pressure.

Profile image of vishal lakha
14 Years ago

what a silly question...:pppppppppp