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Question
Specific latent heat of a substance ______.
Options
is directly proportional to the mass
is directly proportional to the change in the temperature
depends on the material
is inversely proportional to the mass
Solution
Specific latent heat of a substance depends on the material.
Explanation:
Typical feature of a material with a given mass in units.
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