2006-10-11 22:41:59 · 6 answers · asked by zyvyxlady 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Sand (I'm assuming Silica) has a heat capacity of 937 J/kg °C
Water is 4187 J/kg °C
2006-10-11 22:49:22 · answer #1 · answered by Holden 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Water has a higher specific heat. What weighs most, a cup of water, a cup of sand, or a cup of wet sand?
Think about it; think density ~ specific heat.
Or look up the numbers in a physics book.
2006-10-12 05:51:14 · answer #2 · answered by Absent Glare 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
water has the highest specific heat capacity
2006-10-12 05:49:58 · answer #3 · answered by raj 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
water that is contained hermetically. Reason is that it is denser than sand. without containment it would evaporate too early to become the maximum temp that sand would take without melting.
2006-10-12 06:21:16 · answer #4 · answered by TMAC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water..
2006-10-12 05:51:41 · answer #5 · answered by jmdanial 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
find out which has a higher boiling/ melting point. I'd say sand/glass does
2006-10-12 05:46:57 · answer #6 · answered by wildhair 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋