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  1. heat capacity, ratio of heat absorbed by a material to the temperature change. It is usually expressed as calories per degree in terms of the actual amount of material being considered, most commonly a mole (the molecular weight in grams). The heat capacity in calories per gram is called specific heat. The definition of the calorie is based on ...

  2. The heat capacity can usually be measured by the method implied by its definition: start with the object at a known uniform temperature, add a known amount of heat energy to it, wait for its temperature to become uniform, and measure the change in its temperature.

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    Thermodynamics in its totality is concerned about heat. The meaning of heat today is energy in transit. Before the development of thermodynamic laws, the heat was considered as the measure of an invisible fluid, caloric, present in any matter. The capability of a substance to hold this fluid was then referred to as the heat capacity of that substan...

    Heat energy is the measure of the total internal energy of a system. This includes the total kinetic energy of the system and the potential energy of the molecules.
    It has been seen that the internal energy of a system can be changed by either supplying heat energy to it, or doing work on it.
    The internal energy of a system is found to increase with the increase in temperature. This increase in internal energy depends on the temperature difference, the amount of matter, etc.
    Heat capacity is defined as the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of a given quantity of matter by one degree Celsius.

    Scientists needed a quantity that has no dependence on the quantity or size of matter under consideration for thermodynamic studies this made them define specific heat capacity. It is an intensive property as it is independent of the quantity or size of the matter. Specific heat capacity for any substance or matter can be defined as the amount of h...

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  3. Aug 11, 2024 · Rearranging the above equation, one can find the expression for specific heat. c = Q mΔT c = Q m Δ T. Specific Heat Formula. The heat capacity (C) can be calculated by multiplying the specific heat with the mass. Therefore, C= mc or, C = Q ΔT C = m c or, C = Q Δ T. Units. The unit of specific heat is Joules per gram per degree Celsius or J ...

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  4. May 13, 2023 · The specific heat capacity (\(c\)) of a substance, commonly called its specific heat, is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree Celsius (or 1 kelvin): \[c = \dfrac{q}{m\Delta T} \label{12.3.4} \] Specific heat capacity depends only on the kind of substance absorbing or releasing heat.

  5. Sep 10, 2020 · Definition: The molar heat capacity of a substance is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a molar amount of it by one degree. (I say "molar amount". In CGS calculations we use the mole – about 6 × 10 23 molecules. In SI calculations we use the kilomole – about 6 × 10 26 molecules.) Its SI unit is J kilomole −1 K −1.

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  7. Heat capacity is a property that describes how much energy is needed to change the temperature of a material. Objects with a high specific heat capacity require a greater change in energy to change their temperature and vice versa for objects with a low specific heat capacity. Measured in units of Joules per Kelvin kilogram, the specific heat capacity of material can be used to find the change ...

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