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To Explain: Adding the same amount of heat to two different objects does not necessarily produce the same increase in temperature.
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Introduction:
The specific heat of an object is the amount of heat required to increase its temperature by unit amount per unit mass of the object.
If Q amount of heat is given to an object of mass m unit and of specific heat c unit, then the temperature of the body will increase by an amount of
So, increase in temperature of a body depends on mass, the specific heat of the body and the amount of given heat.
If the same amount of heat Q is given to two different objects, then due to their different specific heat and due to their different mass m,
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