What do you mean by the the specific heat capacity of copper is 0.4J $g^{- 1} K^{- 1}$ ?

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The specific heat capacity of copper is 0.4Jg^-1K^-1. This means that to increase the temperature of one gram of copper by 1 K, we have to supply 0.4 J of energy.

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What do you mean by the following statements:

(i) the heat capacity of a body is 50 J $K^{- 1}$ ?

(ii) the specific heat capacity of copper is 0.4J $g^{- 1} K^{- 1}$ ?

0.4 J g^{- 1} K^{- 1}

What do you mean by the following statements:

(i) the heat capacity of a body is 50 J $K^{- 1}$ ?

(ii) the specific heat capacity of copper is 0.4J $g^{- 1} K^{- 1}$ ?

150 g

410 J k g^{- 1} K^{- 1}

The meaning of the following statement is:

The specific heat capacity of copper is 0.4 J g^-1 ^oC^-1.

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