Question

Define specific heat capacity of the substance. On what factors does it depend?

Answer 1

Answer:

Definition: The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a medium by one unit is known as it's specific heat capacity.

Factors:

1. The change in temperature.
2. The mass of the system
3. The substance and the phase of the substance.

Answer 2

The specific heat capacity is the heat capacity of a substance divided by its mass.

• It is also known as massic heat capacity.
• ( Q = mcΔT )
• It mainly depends on three factors change in temperature, the mass of the system, and the phase of the substance.
• In other words, the specific heat capacity is the amount of heat that is to be added to one unit of mass of the substance to cause an increase of one unit in temperature.