specific heat capacity

• internal energy - total energy stored by particles by making a substance or system
• relies on potential energy store and kinetic energy store
• kinetic energy store - movement energy of particles
• when heating a substance energy is transferred to its kinetic energy store which increases the internal energy
• temperature - measure of internal energy of a substance
• Specific heat capacity - the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of a 1kg substance by 1 degrees
• also known as the amount of energy released as a substance cool