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Specific Heat Capacity(with units)

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C=ΔQmΔT
heat energy
mass of the substance
change in temperature.
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The definition of Specific Heat Capacity is:

"The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kg (a unit mass) of the substance by 1C (a unit temperature rise)"

Symbol: c

Unit: Jkg-1K-1

c=ΔQ/m
 Where:

ΔQ is the heat energy added (or removed)

m is the mass of the substance you are heating (or cooling)

Δθ is the change in temperature.


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