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} |
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:
Both c_{mp} and c_{mV} are characterising the properties of matter and properly tabulated for the vast majority of materials.
Specific Heat Capacity relates to Volumetric Heat Capacity c_v and density of the matter \rho as:
(1) | 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 c_v relates to Volumetric Heat Capacity c_v.
The other confusion is made between Volumetric Heat Capacity c_v and Isohoric Heat Capacity c_V.
See also
Physics / Thermodynamics / Thermodynamic process / Heat Transfer