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} |
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_p and C_V are proportional to the amount of the matter involved in a Heat Transfer process and as such are not table properties of the matter.
One can calculate them as:
(1) | C_p= m \cdot c_{mp} = V \cdot c_{vp} |
(2) | C_p= m \cdot c_{mp} = V \cdot c_{vp} |
See also
Physics / Thermodynamics / Thermodynamic process / Heat Transfer
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