Specific Heat.?

Question

The warmer something feels the higher the specific heat is?

Is this true or false.

if you dont know please dont answer because i need this for science.

Answer 1

I agree with Natalie, the statement is false - the current temperature of any object is not related (directly) to its specific heat.

However, a statement like:

"Two objects with the same mass and surface area are heated to the same temperature and left to cool for the same period of time then the object that feels the warmer would have a higher specific heat."

Would be true

Answer 2

You can intuitively think of specific heat as being something's "resistance to heat", e.g. the higher the specific heat, the more energy it will take to change its temperature. In the case of things with high specific heat (like water), it takes a lot of energy (or a lot of time, if you constantly put energy into the water) to make it hotter, and conversely a lot of time for it to cool down (again, assuming constant energy removal due to its cooler surroundings).

So, to answer your question, if you heat something up with a high specific heat, it will feel warm longer than something with a low specific heat, but it all depends on how much you heated it up originally. Given a long enough time, the object will become the same temperature as its surroundings, regardless of its specific heat.

In short, false.