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Specific Heat Capacity

Edexcel A-level PhysicsThermal PhysicsLesson 3 of 4

The Specific heat capacity c of a substance is the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1kg of the substance by 1K without a change of state: c = ΔQ/mΔT.

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