{"id":220928,"date":"2025-05-29T04:04:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T04:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=220928"},"modified":"2025-05-29T04:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T04:04:56","slug":"what-is-the-molar-heat-capacity-of-liquid-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/what-is-the-molar-heat-capacity-of-liquid-water\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the molar heat capacity of liquid water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>HWK3\/21<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(a) What is the molar heat capacity of liquid water?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>__<\/strong> J\/mol oC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(b) What is the heat capacity of\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 8.33\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 mol of liquid water?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 ________J\/ oC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(c) How many kJ of heat are needed to raise the temperature of\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 4.17\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 kg of water from\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 42.6\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 oC to\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 68.4\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 oC?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>__<\/em><\/strong> kJ<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Correct Answers:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(a)<\/strong> The molar heat capacity of liquid water is approximately:<br><strong>75.3 J\/mol\u00b7\u00b0C<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(b)<\/strong> Heat capacity of 8.33 mol of liquid water:<br>Heat&nbsp;capacity=8.33\u2009mol\u00d775.3\u2009J\/mol\\cdotp\u00b0C=627.999\u2009J\/\u00b0C\u2248628&nbsp;J\/\u00b0C\\text{Heat capacity} = 8.33 \\, \\text{mol} \\times 75.3 \\, \\text{J\/mol\u00b7\u00b0C} = 627.999 \\, \\text{J\/\u00b0C} \\approx \\textbf{628 J\/\u00b0C}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(c)<\/strong> First, convert mass to moles:<br>Molar mass of water = 18.015 g\/mol<br>4.17 kg = 4170 g<br>Number of moles = 4170\u2009g18.015\u2009g\/mol\u2248231.5\u2009mol\\frac{4170 \\, \\text{g}}{18.015 \\, \\text{g\/mol}} \\approx 231.5 \\, \\text{mol}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Temperature change:<br>\u0394T = 68.4\u00b0C \u2212 42.6\u00b0C = 25.8\u00b0C<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now calculate heat required:<br>q = n \u00d7 C \u00d7 \u0394T = 231.5 mol \u00d7 75.3 J\/mol\u00b7\u00b0C \u00d7 25.8\u00b0C<br>q \u2248 449,438 J \u2248 <strong>449.4 kJ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding how substances absorb and store heat is fundamental in thermodynamics and chemistry. This problem involves calculating the <strong>molar heat capacity<\/strong>, total <strong>heat capacity<\/strong>, and <strong>heat energy<\/strong> needed to change the temperature of water \u2014 a common but essential substance in physical chemistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(a)<\/strong> The <strong>molar heat capacity<\/strong> of a substance is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one mole of that substance by 1\u00b0C. For <strong>liquid water<\/strong>, this value is about <strong>75.3 J\/mol\u00b7\u00b0C<\/strong>. This is relatively high compared to other substances because of hydrogen bonding between water molecules, which requires more energy to break during heating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(b)<\/strong> The <strong>total heat capacity<\/strong> of a substance sample is the product of the number of moles and the molar heat capacity. For 8.33 moles of water, the heat capacity is calculated by multiplying 8.33 mol \u00d7 75.3 J\/mol\u00b7\u00b0C, giving approximately <strong>628 J\/\u00b0C<\/strong>. This tells us that 628 joules are needed to raise the temperature of this specific amount of water by 1\u00b0C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(c)<\/strong> To find the <strong>amount of heat energy (q)<\/strong> required to heat a mass of water, we use the equation: q=n\u00d7C\u00d7\u0394Tq = n \\times C \\times \\Delta T<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where nn is the number of moles, CC is molar heat capacity, and \u0394T\\Delta T is the temperature change. Given 4.17 kg of water and a temperature increase of 25.8\u00b0C, we convert the mass to moles and use the molar heat capacity to find that approximately <strong>449.4 kJ<\/strong> of heat is needed. This application shows how thermodynamic principles are crucial in practical scenarios like heating systems, climate modeling, and biological processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/learnexams-banner9-61.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-220929\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HWK3\/21 (a) What is the molar heat capacity of liquid water? __ J\/mol oC (b) What is the heat capacity of\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 8.33\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 mol of liquid water? \u00c3\u201a\u00c2 ________J\/ oC (c) How many kJ of heat are needed to raise the temperature of\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 4.17\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 kg of water from\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 42.6\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 oC to\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 68.4\u00c3\u201a\u00c2 oC? __ kJ The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}