Practice Questions

1. State how Specific latent heat and specific heat capacity are similar to each other. 

Both use 1kg of mass

Both involve mass as a quantity

Both have Joules and kilograms in their units

2. State how Specific latent heat and Specific heat capacity are different to each other

Specific latent heat involves a change of state, but often specific heat capacity will not involve a change in state. 

Both have different formulae

Both have different units

Specfic heat capacity has only one value per substance. Specific latent heat of fusion has 2 values for every one substance. One for latent heat of fusion, one for latent heat of vaporisation.