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One approximation of this quantity involves taking the limit of the integral [read slowly] “x to the fourth times e to the x, [pause] over the quantity e to the x minus one squared” in a model of this quantity that sets a namesake temperature proportional to the cube root of “six pi squared times number density”. Einstein’s model (10[1])of this quantity with a lattice of 3D QHOs (10[1])fails to account for the cubic temperature dependence of this quantity observed in the Debye (“duh-BYE”) model. This quantity’s high-temperature value is three times the ideal gas constant according to the Dulong–Petit law. The adiabatic index is the ratio between this quantity’s constant-volume (10[1]-5[1])and constant-pressure forms. (10[1])For 10 points, one calorie per gram per degree Kelvin is water’s (10[1])value (10[4])of what quantity, which measures how much heat it (10[1])takes to increase an object’s temperature? ■END■

ANSWER: heat capacity [or specific heat or molar heat capacity; prompt on C; reject “heat”]
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