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Amount of heat to be supplied to a given amount of a material to produce a unit change in its temperature:

C = \frac{\delta Q}{\delta T}
SymbolDimensionSI unitsOil metric unitsOil field units

C

M L2 T−2 Θ−1J/KJ/K

 BTU/°F


Heat Capacity depends on the way the heat 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:

Isobaric heat capacity

Isochoric heat capacity

C_P

C_V


Both  C_P and  C_V are proportional to the amount of the matter involved in a Heat Transfer process and as such are not material properties.


One can relate them to material properties through the known material mass  m or a material volume  V or material amount of substance  \nu:

Molar Heat Capacity Specific heat capacityVolumetric Heat Capacity
(1) c = C/\nu
(2) c_m = C/m
(3) c_v = C/V


Overall, there are totally six different  heat capacity material measures:


Molar Heat Capacity Specific heat capacityVolumetric Heat Capacity
Isobaric (V= const)

Isobaric molar heat capacity 

(4) c_P = C_P/\nu
Isobaric specific heat capacity
(5) c_{mP} = C_P/m
Isobaric volumetric heat capacity
(6) c_{vP} = C_P/V
Isochoric (P = const)

Isochoric molar heat capacity

(7) c_V = C_V/\nu
Isochoric specific heat capacity
(8) c_{mV} = C_V/m
Isochoric volumetric heat capacity
(9) c_{vV} = C_V/V


See also


Physics / Thermodynamics / Thermodynamic process / Heat Transfer

[ Heat ] Isobaric heat capacity ] [ Isochoric heat capacity ]

Specific heat capacity ] Volumetric Heat Capacity ][ Molar Heat Capacity ]


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