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Understanding Specific Heat Capacity

Specific heat is a property that specifies the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a material by one degree. It is calculated by dividing the heat added by the product of the mass and temperature change, with specific heat given in units of Joules per kilogram per degree Celsius.

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Understanding Specific Heat Capacity

Specific heat is a property that specifies the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a material by one degree. It is calculated by dividing the heat added by the product of the mass and temperature change, with specific heat given in units of Joules per kilogram per degree Celsius.

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Specific heat is the property of a material that specifies the amount of heat required to

increase the temperature of a unit mass of the given material by a temperature difference
of one degree. The specific heat is given by
C

H
W T2 T1

Here, specific heat is C in J/Kg C, the amount of heat required is H in J, mass is W in kg,
T T
and the temperature difference is 2 1 .

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