Question

What is heat capacity? Give the water equivalent.​

Answer 1

Water Equivalent : Water equivalent of a body is defined as the mass of water which would absorb or evolve the same amount of heat as is done by the body in rising or falling through the same range of temperature. It is represented by W. (ii) Unit of thermal capacity is J/kg while unit of water equivalent is kg.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

Heat capacity

Heat capacity or thermal capacity is a physical property of a material object, defined as the amount of energy that must be added to the object in order to achieve a small change in its temperature, divided by the magnitude of that change.

SI unit: Joule per kelvin