Question

specific heat of water

Answer 1

specific heat is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of substance through 1 degree Celsius.

for water its specific heat is 1 calories per gram degree Celsius or 4.184joules /gram °C.......... it is much more than any other substance so water acts as temperature regulator

Answer 2

All we need is to figure out how much heat is required to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Celsius. ... That means it takes 4.2 joules of heat energy to raise one gram of water one degree Celsius.