Specific heat capacity: The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1°C.
How to apply it: Use specific heat capacity in q = mcΔT calculations for calorimetry problems.
Course: AP Chemistry · Unit: Thermodynamics
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