Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction

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Chapter 19 - Thermal Properties - Questions and Problems - Page 800: 19.6b

Answer

The $c_{v}$ becomes independent of temperature far removed from K because at these temperatures, all of the lattice waves have become excited and the energy required to produce incremental temperature change becomes nearly constant.

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The $c_{v}$ becomes independent of temperature far removed from K because at these temperatures, all of the lattice waves have become excited and the energy required to produce incremental temperature change becomes nearly constant.
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