Question

What does $\mathrm{C}$ mean in $\mathrm{Q}=\mathrm{MCT}$ ?

Answer 1

1. The formula $\mathrm{Q}=\mathrm{MCT}$ is used to calculate heat energy
   $$\begin{gathered} \mathrm{Heat}\mathrm{energy}=\mathrm{Mass}\times \mathrm{specific}\mathrm{heat}\times \mathrm{change}\mathrm{in}\mathrm{temperature} \\ \mathrm{Q}=\mathrm{MCT} \end{gathered}$$
2. Where, $\mathrm{Q}=$ heat energy, $\mathrm{M}=$mass of the material, $\mathrm{C}=$specific heat and $\mathrm{T}=$change in temperature
3. The specific heat capacity means the amount of heat required by the unit mass of the material to increase its temperature by one degree Kelvin.

Hence, the term “C” in $\mathrm{Q}=\mathrm{MCT}$ stands for specific heat capacity.