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Firstly with Specific Heat, Specific Heat plays an essential role in water in monitoring
temperature regulation, which is important in our daily lives, such as water coolant used
by motor cars, climate effect, and regulating body temperature that can be involved in
changing temperatures. Secondly, Solvent Action, Water is commonly known as a
Universal solvent and this gives significance to life as it can transport chemicals,
minerals, and nutrients essential to life. Known to be the fact that Water has a high
surface tension. This means that the molecules at the surface of a body of water are
attracted to each other and hold each other together. You can see this yourself by filling
a glass with water to the very tippy top and then seeing how many more drops of water
you can get into it. You’ll be surprised to find that you can get a good bit more water into
the glass! The high surface tension of water is also why some insects, like water
striders, can move around on top of the water without sinking into it. It also is related to
something called “capillary action”, which is used by many plants to draw water up from
the ground against gravity.
In relation to the (topic), specific heat capacity is referred as the amount of energy
required to increase a substance's temperature by 1 degree Celsius per gram. How
does it affect us and why is it important, you may ask.
Consequently, for everyone’s information, phase change is the changes that happens
when an Endothermic or Exothermic process or reaction occur in a certain substance.
And you may wonder why I chose this topic? And how this topic can make a difference
in our lives? Here’s why.
One of the purpose of specific heat capacity as a property of all states of matter is for
the matter to undergo changes that will transform them into another state of matter or
substance. Phase changes occur regularly in nature and can be conducted by people.
By manipulating the pressure and temperature, you can change the phase of the
matter. There are actually 6 types of phase changes but we will not dwell deeper to that
and focus ourselves as to how phase change can make a difference to me, you and to
everyone. Phase changes are important for our lives because they help provide heat,
cool our food, and regulate our weather, among other things. With phase changes we
come to revolutionized PCM (Phase change materials) with its use and benefits are
both endless. Building materials, clothing, mattresses, pillows, and electronics are just a
few examples of where PCMs are used. PCMs provide many advantages when
incorporated into products. They include energy savings, a better night’s sleep, cooling
and heating relief in remote locations without access to electricity, and better performing
electronics. Without phase change, one can only be seen or used. We cannot have this
privilege to acquire all this things or matter without it because if there is no phase
change then matter will only remain in one state regardless if they are useful or not. To
put it simple, we cannot experienced all of this matter and substances without phase
change. Lastly in real life application, the secret of change is to focus all of your energy
not on fighting the old, but on building a new!