The Heat Energy to Change Temperature of Material calculator computes the amount of energy needed to change the temperature of a material based on the mass, specific heat and desired change in temperature.
INSTRUCTIONS: Choose units and enter the following:
Heat Energy (Q): The energy is returned in Joules. However, this can be automatically converted to compatible units (e.g. calories) via the pull-down menu. To lookup the specific heat of many materials, CLICK HERE
The formula for specific heat using change in temperature is:
`Q = C * m *DeltaT`
where:
The specific heat is the amount of heat per unit mass required to raise the temperature by one degree Celsius. The relationship between heat and temperature change is usually expressed in the form shown where C is the specific heat.
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