Answer:
Aluminium
Explanation:
When a certain amount of heat is supplied to a substance, the temperature of the substance increases according to the equation:
[tex]\Delta T = \frac{Q}{mC}[/tex]
where
[tex]\Delta T[/tex] is the increase in temperature
Q is the amount of heat supplied to the substance
m is the mass of the substance
C is the specific heat capacity of the substance
Here the four substances have the same mass,
m = 50.0 g
Also, the amount of heat supplied to the 4 substances is the same. This means that their increase in temperature is inversely proportional to their specific heat capacity:
[tex]\Delta T \propto \frac{1}{C}[/tex]
Therefore, the substance with the highest specific heat capacity will have the smallest temperature increase: by comparing the values in the table, we see that alluminium has the highest specific heat capacity (0.90 J/gC), therefore it will have the smallest temperature increase.
