Question

You have three metal pans (Cu, Fe, Al) that you want to pre-heat on the stovetop to cook. If the metal pans were all the same mass, which would you heat up the quickest? Explain your reasoning.

Metal	Specific Heat Capacity (J/ g * C)
Copper	0.385
Iron	0.449
Aluminum	0.903

Answer 1

Specific heat capacity: The amount of the heat required to raise the temperature of material by one degree celsius.

The unit of specific heat capcaity is J/ g * C.

The lowest specific heat capacity is for Copper (0.385 J/ g * C)

If the metal pans were all the same mass, copper will heat the fastest beacuse of lowest specific heat among the given metal. So copper will heat quckest beacuse for a given mass the heat required to raise the temperature of copper is lowest.