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Define specific heat capacity and state its units.


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  1. The specific heat capacity of a substance is the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of unit mass of that substance through by 1°Cor 1K.
  2. S.I. unit is joule per kilogram per kelvin or Jkg-1K-1.

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