Specific Heat Capacity
Helpful before this lesson
- Not completed: Heat and Thermal Energy Transfer
- Not completed: Temperature and Thermometers
- Not completed: Molecular Structure and Bonding
These topics can make this lesson easier, but you can start now.
Learning Objectives
- Students will be able to define specific heat capacity and explain why it varies between substances
- Students will be able to calculate specific heat capacity from experimental data
- Students will be able to solve calorimetry problems involving multiple substances
Core Concepts
- specific_heat_capacity
- heat_capacity
- material_property
- calorimetry
- thermal_inertia