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Specific heat capacity

GCSE · Combined Science · AQA · P1.1 — Energy changes in a system: stores, kinetic, elastic and gravitational potential energy, specific heat capacity and power

Question

A 3 kg block of iron (c = 450 J/kg°C) is heated from 20°C to 80°C.

(a) Calculate the energy required. [3] (b) Explain why water (c = 4200 J/kg°C) is used as a coolant in car engines. [2]

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