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mean_ specific heat refers to the average value of this quantity between the temperatures named. The specific heat of a mixture of gases is obtained by multiplying the specific heat of each constituent gas by the percentage by weight of that gas in the mixture, and dividing the sum of the products by 100. The specific heat of a gas whose composition by weight is CO_{2}, 13 per cent; CO, 0.4 per cent; O, 8 per cent; N, 78.6 per cent, is found as follows: CO_{2} : 13 x 0.217 = 2.821 CO : 0.4 x 0.2479 = 0.09916 O : 8 x 0.2175 = 1.74000 N : 78.6 x 0.2438 = 19.16268 -------- 100.0 23.82284 and 23.8228 / 100 = 0.238 = specific heat of the gas. The specific heats of various solids, liquids and gases are given in Table 4. Sensible Heat--The heat utilized in raising the temperature of a body, as that in raising the temperature of water from 32 degrees up to the boiling point, is termed sensible heat. In the case of water, the sensible heat required to raise its temperature from the freezing point to the boiling point corresponding to the pressure under which ebullition occurs, is termed the heat of the liquid. Latent Heat--Latent heat is the heat which apparently disappears in producing some change in the condition of a body without increasing its temperature If heat be added to ice at freezing temperature, the ice will melt but its temperature will not be raised. The heat so utilized in changing the condition of the ice is the latent heat and in this particular case is known as the latent heat of fusion. If heat be added to water at 212 degrees under atmospheric pressure, the water will not become hotter but will be evaporated into steam, the temperature of which will also be 212 degrees. The heat so utilized is called the latent heat of evaporation and is the heat which apparently disappears in causing the substance to pass from a liquid to a gaseous state. TABLE 4 SPECIFIC HEATS OF VARIOUS SUBSTANCES +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | SOLIDS | +-------------------------------+----------------+-------------------+ | | Temperature[2]| | | | Degrees | Specific | | | Fahre
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