Question

Which of the following substance would show the greatest temperature change upon absorbing 100 J of heat?
The answer is 10.0 g Au, C Au = .128 J/gC

but how do you get that?

Answer 1

were you given the specific heat for anything?

Answer 2

@mtepecz

Answer 3

The formula used is the one for specific heat capacity wich is:\[Q=mC \Delta T\] and we want to find \[\Delta T\] so it turns into \[\Delta T=\frac{ Q }{ m°C }\] I'm guessing there are multiple answers to your question so you find ∆T for each one until you find the one with the greatest temperature change.
Hope this helps! :)

Answer 4

@mtepecz
Thanks