Specific heat capacity and calorimetry experiments (1 Viewer)

[chocolatelatte]

OKAY SO IN ORDER TO OVERCOME heat loss to surroundings
we ensure that the container has a high specific heat capacity because that means it won't absorb much heat. WHY???? . . . . . . . how does this impact how much heat it absorbs? doesn't it only impact temperature rise?

 

[chocolatelatte]

and so isn't thermal conductivity a better measure of how much heat a container absorbs. isn't specific heat capacity just related to temperature- and maybe it has a low specific heat capacity. okay. that just means the temperature rises more quickly and with these experiments we are more concerned with heat loss to its surroundings and not so much with temperature rise...? CONFUSED.