Suppose we have a cube containing one mole of gold and another cube containing one mole of aluminum. (The gold cube has more than 7 times the mass of the aluminum cube.) Both are initially at room temperature. Suppose that we increase the temperature of each by 10 K. Which cube’s thermal energy likely has increased more?
A. The gold cube
B. The aluminum cube
C. Each cube’s internal energy increase is about the same.
D. One cannot say without measuring.
C. Each cube’s internal energy increase is about the same.
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