Question

What is specific heat capacity?

Answer 1

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In other words specific heat of a solid or liquid is the amount of heat that raises the temperature of a unit mass of the solid through 1° C. We symbolise it as C. In S.I unit, it is the amount of heat that raises the temperature of 1 kg of solid or liquid through 1K.

Its unit in S.I system is always given as J kg-1 K-1 and CGS as cal g-1 C-1. If the amount of heat, ∆Q, required to raise the temperature of mass M through ∆T, then the formula for specific heat is given by:

C= ∆Q/m*∆T or ∆Q=m C ∆T.

Answer 2

SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY::

the heat required to raise the temperature of unit mass of given substance by a given amount (usually one degree)