The quantity of heat, in joules or calories, required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance 1°C.

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The quantity of heat, in joules or calories, required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance 1°C.

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Hector Valdez · Answer 1

The specific heat is the amount (quantity) of heat per unit mass required to raise the temperature by one degree Celsius.

For water specific heat is 1 calorie/gram·°C or 4,186 joule/gram·°C, that means that c alorie, cal, is amount of energy (heat) needed to increase the temperature of one gram of water by 1°C.