Which is the amount of energy that must be added to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by $1^{\circ} C$ ?

Enthalpy change

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Entropy change

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Gibbs free energy change

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Activation energy

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Specific heat capacity

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Solution

The correct option is A Specific heat capacity
The specific heat (also called specific heat capacity) is the amount of heat required to change a unit mass (or unit quantity, such as mole) of a substance by one degree in temperature.

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