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Why do liquid water, ice, and water vapor have different specific heats?

Why do liquid water, ice, and water vapor have different specific heats?-example-1

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Since ice, liquid water, and water vapor have different intermolecular environments (in part due to the different average distance between molecules), energy is absorbed and distributed differently in these three phases of water, resulting in different specific heats.

The intermolecular forces of liquid water, ice, and water vapor are different. Therefore, different amounts of energy are needed to raise their temperature.

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