Why does heat capacity change with temperature?

1 Answer
Feb 28, 2016

Heat capacity is a physical property that is constant for a specific matter and therefore, it is constant and will not change with temperature.

Explanation:

Heat capacity by definition is the amount of heat needed to increase the temperature of one gram (specific heat capacity) or one mole (molar heat capacity) by on degree (1^@C).

Therefore, heat capacity is a physical property that is constant for a specific matter and therefore, it is constant and will not change with temperature.

However, what changes is the amount of heat, which is represented by:

q=mxxsxxDeltaT

where, q is the amount of heat,
s is the specific heat capacity,
DeltaT is the change on temperature.

Here is a video that further explains this topic:
Thermochemistry | Enthalpy and Calorimetry.