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ADLC - Elementary Science: Heat Capacity

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Understanding Heat Capacity and Specific Heat Capacity

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What is Heat Capacity?

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GCSE Science Revision Physics "Specific Heat Capacity"

Heat capacity or thermal capacity is a measurable physical quantity equal to the ratio of the heat added to an object to the resulting temperature change. The unit of heat capacity is joule per kelvin , or kilogram metre squared per kelvin second squared in the International System of Units (SI). The dimensional form is L2MT−2Θ−1. Specific heat is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of mass by 1 kelvin.
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