Specific heat capacityUnits Type ⤴
The specific heat capacity, often simply called specific heat, is the heat capacity per unit mass of a material. It is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a certain mass 1 degree Celsius.
Term
specificHeatCapacity
Category
Thermodynamics
Provenance
QUDT
Provenance Uri
http://qudt.org/vocab/quantity#Specificheatcapacity
Note
-
Default Unit
Joule per kilogram kelvin (J/(kg-K))
Dimension Symbol
L2T-2?-1
Dimension Length
0
Dimension Mass
2
Dimension Time
0
Dimension Current
-2
Dimension Temperature
0
Dimension Amount
-1
Dimension Light
0