Question

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> What is specific heat? Give specific heat capacity of water.

Answer 1

Specific heat is the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1 g of a substance by 1 °C.
For water, the specific heat capacity is 4.184 J/g °C.
The same amount of heat energy is released when the temperature of 1 g of water is reduced by 1 °C.