Chemistry / Unit 4 Chem 0645 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Specific Heat Capacity
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The idea
Specific heat capacity is the heat needed to raise one gram of a substance by one degree, depending only on the substance.
In practice
A small and a large iron pan yield the same specific heat for iron, though their heat capacities differ fivefold.
Where people slip
Specific heat capacity is intensive — fixed for a substance regardless of how large or small the sample is.
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