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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 (10[1])“six pi squared times number density”. Einstein’s model (10[1])of this quantity with a (10[1])lattice (10[1])of 3D QHOs fails to account for the cubic temperature dependence of this quantity observed in the Debye (10[1])(“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 (-5[1])and constant-pressure forms. For 10 points, one calorie per gram (10[2])per degree Kelvin is water’s value of what quantity, which measures how much heat it takes to increase an (0[1])object’s temperature? ■END■

ANSWER: heat capacity [or specific heat or molar heat capacity; prompt on C; reject “heat”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Geoffrey WuColumbia APenn B5010
Maximilian NieburJohns Hopkins BLehigh A5810
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins ARutgers A6310
Teigue KellyPenn State ABard A6410
Austin GuoPrinceton AJohns Hopkins B8210
Mark TawfikRutgers CPrinceton A109-5
Robert WangPenn State BRowan A11910
Robert WangPenn State BRowan A11910
Jasin CekinmezPrinceton ARutgers C1380