Amount of heat required to change the temperature of one unit of mass by one unit of temperature:
c_m = \frac{\delta Q}{\delta m \cdot \delta T} |
Symbol | Dimension | SI units | Oil metric units | Oil field units |
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L2 T−2 Θ−1 | J/(kg⋅K) | J/(kg⋅K) |
Specific 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 specific heat capacity | Isochoric specific heat capacity |
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Both and
are characterising the properties of matter and properly tabulated for the vast majority of materials.
Specific Heat Capacity relates to Volumetric Heat Capacity and density of the matter
as:
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
.
The other confusion is made between Volumetric Heat Capacity and Isohoric Heat Capacity
.
Physics / Thermodynamics / Thermodynamic process / Heat Transfer