At the end of this activity, students should be able to: û explain the concept of molar specific heat at constant volume. û explain the concept of molar specific heat at constant pressure. û state the theoretical assumptions for calculating the molar specific heat of gases from the kinetic theory of gases. û explain the discrepancy between the values of the specific molar heat obtained in an experiment and those obtained from theoretical calculations. û explain the principle of equipartition of energy.

Originally released by Learnetic, 2016.