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Q. The specific heat of a metal is $0.16.$ Its approximate atomic weight would be

AIIMSAIIMS 1999Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

Solution:

According to Dulong Petit's law:

Atomic weight $\times$ specific heat $=6.4$

Atomic $=\frac{6.4}{0.16}=40$