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Define the term specific heat capacity and state its S.I.unit.


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The specific heat capacity of a substance is the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of unit mass of that substance by 1oC (or 1K).

The S.I. unit is joule per kilogram per kelvin (Jkg-1K-1).


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