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- DictionaryHeat ca·pac·i·ty/hēt kəˈpasədē/
noun
- 1. the number of heat units needed to raise the temperature of a body by one degree.
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- Heat capacity
Thermal property describing the energy required to change a material's temperature
Heat capacity or thermal capacity is a physical property of matter, defined as the amount of heat to be supplied to an object to produce a unit change in its temperature. The SI unit of heat capacity is joule per kelvin (J/K). Heat capacity is an extensive property. The corresponding intensive property is the specific heat capacity, found by dividing the heat capacity of an object by its mass. Div... Wikipedia
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