In the following four situations, would you expect the measured specific heat of the material to be greater than or less than the actual specific heat of the material? Note that we are assuming that the experiment was conducted by heating an unknown material to 100°C and then transferring it into a calorimeter containing water that is initially at room temperature. If the student is impatient while measuring the temperature when the water and unknown material are combined and records a value while it is still rising, then...
a) the measured specific heat will be greater than the actual specific heat.
b) the measured specific heat will be less than the actual specific heat.