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Amount of of heat to to be supplied to a given amount of a material to produce a unit change in its its temperature:
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C = \frac{\delta Q}{\delta T} |
Heat Capacity depends on the way the heat is is transferred and as such is not a table property of the matter.
The two major heat transfer processes are isobaric and isohoric which define which result in different values of heat capacity:
Both and are proportional to the the amount of the matter chemical substance involved in a Heat Transferheat transfer process and as such are not the material properties.
The ratio is called a Heat Capacity Ratio (γ) or Adiabatic Index (γ) or Isentropic expansion factor (κ) and is a material property.
Based on Mayer's relation the Isobaric heat capacity is always greater than Isochoric heat capacity:
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C_P \geq C_V |
One can relate them to material properties through the known material mass
or a material
volume or material
amount of substance :
Overall, there are totally six different different intensive physical properties related to heat capacity material measures:
See also
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Physics / Thermodynamics / Thermodynamic process / Heat Transfer
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[ Specific heat capacity ] [ Volumetric Heat Capacity ][ Molar Heat Capacity ][ Mayer's relation ]
