the ratio of the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a unit mass of substance by a unit degree to the amount of heat needed to raise that of the same mass of water by the same amount
Ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a body one degree to that required to raise the temperature of an equal mass of water one degree. The term is also used to mean the amount of heat, in calories, required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance by one Celsius degree
Temperature is measure of heat energy level whereas heat is a measure of total internal energy contained in a body When the same quantity of heat is given to equal masses of different substances, they do not result in the same rise in temperature The specific heat is defined as the quantity of heat energy which will rise the temperature of unit mass (1kg) of a substance by 10C Heat = mass x specific heat x Temperature rise
The heat required to raise a unit mass of a substance through a degree of temperature difference Also the ratio of the thermal capacity of a substance to that of water The specific heat of fluids varies with temperature and pressure
The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit weight of granular activated carbon through a particular interval of temperature divided by the corresponding quantity of water
The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit weight of a substance by one degree of temperature; (whether Centigrade or Fahrenheit must be stated)
It is the ratio of the heat required to raise the temperature of a given weight of a material through 1° F as compared to the heat required to raise the same weight of water from 62° F to 63° F
The ratio of the heat absorbed (or released) by unit mass of a system to the corresponding temperature rise (or fall) If this ratio varies with temperature, it must be defined as a differential quotient dQ/dT, where dQ is the infinitesimal increment of heat per unit mass and dT is the infinitesimal increment of temperature
the ratio of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of a body one degree, to the thermal energy required to raise an equal mass of water one degree
The amount of heat energy that can be contained in a given weight of a substance compared to the amount of heat energy that can be contained in the same weight of water; expressed as a ratio with water equaling a specific heat of one (1)