Concept information
Preferred term
heat capacity
Definition
- Heat capacity or thermal capacity is a physical property of matter, defined as the amount of heat to be supplied to an object to produce a unit change in its temperature. Heat capacity is an extensive property. The corresponding intensive property is the specific heat capacity, found by dividing the heat capacity of an object by its mass. The SI unit of heat capacity is joule per kelvin (J/K). (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_capacity)
Broader concept
In other languages
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French
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capacité thermique
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pouvoir calorifique
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/QX8-J79SZVQ5-D
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