What is specific heat capacity?

Answer 1

specific heat capacity of a substance is defined as the QUANITY OF HEAT REQUIRED to raise the temperature of 1 Kg of the substance through 1K ( kelvin ) .

however it obtained the unit of J/kg/k

The specific heat capacity is the energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of material by 1 degree Celsius.

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Apex: The energy needed to change the temperature of a substance The specific heat is the amount of heat per unit mass required to raise the temperature by one degree Celsius.

Answer 2

Heat Capacity and Specific Heat Capacity

The amount of of temperature change, when thermal energy is added to the particles is another property that particles in different materials have. Different materials will increase or decrease their average energy depending on how much thermal energy is provided.

Heat Capacity is the amount of thermal energy that warms or cools an object by 1oC (it depends on the mass and the type of particle the object is made of).

Specific Heat Capacity is the amount of thermal energy that warms or cools 1 gram, of a specific type of particle, by 1oC.

Answer 3

Specific heat capacity is the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of a substance by one degree Celsius. It is a physical property that varies for different materials and is measured in units such as J/kg°C or cal/g°C. The higher the specific heat capacity, the more energy is needed to change the temperature of the substance.