Specific Heat Capacity

Specific Heat Capacity

Specific heat capacity is the amount of heat energy needed to raise the temperature of a substance by one degree Celsius. Different materials heat up at different rates because they have different specific heat capacities. For example, water takes longer to heat than metal because it has a higher spe...

Specific heat capacity is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree Celsius.

Some materials heat up quickly, while others warm more slowly. One important reason is a property called specific heat, which tells us how much energy is needed to change a material’s temperature.

Water, for ...