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} |
Symbol | Dimension | SI units | Oil metric units | Oil field units |
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M L2 T−2 Θ−1 | J/K | J/K |
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:
Both and 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 or a material volume or material amount of substance :
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Isobaric volumetric heat capacity | Isochoric volumetric heat capacity |
Physics / Thermodynamics / Thermodynamic process / Heat Transfer
[ Heat ] [ Isobaric heat capacity ] [ Isochoric heat capacity ]
[ Specific heat capacity ] [ Volumetric Heat Capacity ][ Molar Heat Capacity ]