If you take a bite of hot pizza, the sauce may burn your mouth while the crust, at the same temperature, will not. Explain.
To Explain: For a bite of hot pizza, the sauce may burn the mouth while the crust at the same temperature will not.
Answer to Problem 34A
Because the specific heat of the liquid is greater than that of the solid hot pizza.
Explanation of Solution
Introduction:
Specific heat is defined as the essential amount of heat neededfor increasing the temperature by 1 unit. Its S.I. unit is
Since the specific heat of the liquid is greater than that of the solid,the liquid takes more time to increase or decrease its temperature. That’s why when a person takes a bite of hot pizza, the sauce may burn his mouth, while the crust at the same temperature will not.
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