Question
The heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1°C is called: Â
Solution
Specific heat capacity is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a substance by 1°C.  For water, this value is approximately 4186 J/kg°C.  It is a property that depends on the substance and is used to calculate heat changes in a material.
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