Specific Heat Capacity of a Liquid

Specific Heat Capacity of a Liquid

The method adopted to determine, the specific heat capacity of a solid can be used for the determination of specific heat capacity of a liquid. Here the calorimeter is filled partially with the given liquid instead of water. A metal piece of specific heat capacity is heated in a hypsometer to a constant temperature and then dropped into the calorimeter containing the liquid. In this case the hot metal pieces loses heat whereas the liquid and the calorimeter gain heat. Using the law of heat exchange, the specific heat capacity of the liquid can be calculated.