heat capacity: Details
Extended reference for the word heat capacity.
Synonyms
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Usage Examples
“500 J introduced to a system caused the temperature of the system to increase by 2 K; thus, the heat capacity is 250 J/K. If the system consists of a single material with a mass of 500 g, the specific heat capacity of that material is 500 J/K/kg.”
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