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Thermodynamics

Specific Heat Capacity

Heat required per unit mass to raise temperature by 1 K.

SI unit

joule per kilogram kelvin (J/(kg·K))

Dimension: [ L2T−2Θ−1 ][\,L^2 T^{-2} \Theta^{-1}\,]

Other units

  • joule per kilogram kelvin (J/(kg·K))

Order of magnitude

How values of specific heat capacity span the physical world (in J/(kg·K), log scale).

Aluminium
9.00 × 102 J/(kg·K)
Water
4.18 × 103 J/(kg·K)
Lower limit102 J/(kg·K)Upper limit5.00 × 103 J/(kg·K)

Appears in 1 equation

Specific Heat Capacity
ΔE=mc Δθ\Delta E = mc\,\Delta\theta