Question

State three differences between the heat capacity and specific heat capacity.

Answer 1

The differences between specific heat capacity and heat capacity are

Heat capacity	Specific heat capacity
1) It is the amount of heat required to increase the temperature of a body by 10 C.	1) It is the amount of heat required to increase the temperature of a unit mass of a substance by 10 C.
2) It depends on the mass of material.	2) It is independent of the mass of material.
3) Its SI unit is J/K.	3) Its SI unit is J/(kg-K).