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Specific Heat Capacity
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What is specific heat capacity?
Amount
of
energy
required to raise the
temperature
of
1
kg
of a substance by
1
C
What happens if an object has a high heat capacity?
More
energy will be needed to
change
the
temperature
What is the equation to calculate specific heat capacity?
ΔE
(change
in
thermal
energy)
= m(
mass
) x
c
(
specific
heat
capacity)
x
Δθ
(
temperature
change)
What is the unit for specific heat capacity?
Joules
per
kilogram
per
degree
Celsius (
J
/
kg°C
)
