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Amount of heat required to change the temperature of one unit of mass by one unit of temperature:
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c_m = \frac{\delta Q}{\delta m \cdot \delta T} |
Specific Heat Capacity depends on the way the heat is transferred and as such is not a material property.
The two major heat transfer processes are isobaric and isohoric which define:
Both
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are
material properties and properly tabulated for the vast majority of materials.
Specific Heat Capacity
relates to
Volumetric Heat Capacity and density of the matter as:| LaTeX Math Block |
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c_m = \rho \cdot c_v |
In many technical papers the "m" or "v" index is omitted which leads to confusion between Specific Heat Capacity and Volumetric Heat Capacity .
For multiphase fluid in thermodynamic equilibrium the Specific Heat Capacity is:
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c_m = \frac{\sum_\alpha s_\alpha \rho_\alpha c_{m \alpha}}{\sum_\alpha s_\alpha \rho_\alpha } |
See also
Physics / Thermodynamics / Thermodynamic process / Heat Transfer / Heat Capacity
[ Heat ] [ Volumetric Heat Capacity ]
