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Specific heat capacity

Weigh aluminium and copper blocks, heat each one in insulation while reading a joulemeter and thermometer every two minutes, and find each specific heat capacity from a graph.

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Practice: Determining specific heat capacity

OCR J259 — this practical matches your selected course; the questions check the method, data handling and practical skills.

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2 of 2 available questions match the selected filters. This session contains 2 questions.

Question 1 · 1 mark · Foundation · Practical · Diagnostic

Why is the block wrapped in insulation?

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Question 2 · 4 marks · Standard · Practical · Practical method

Name the independent and dependent variables and two control variables in this experiment.