Re: How do you calculate the specific heat of an alloy?

From: Uncle Al (UncleAl0_at_hate.spam.net)
Date: 01/20/05


Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:58:32 -0800

jalbers@bsu.edu wrote:
>
> How can the specific heat of a metal alloy be calculated, if the
> percentages of the different metals contained in the alloy are known
> and the specific heats of the individual metals are known as well? Any
> help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You

Generally doesn't work that way unless it is a non-interacting
physical mixture. Consider the electronic states that participate in
Cp, then the colors of copper plus tin or zinc.

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