Specific Heat

1. Specific Heat Capacity [c](or Specific Thermal Capacity)

§ The energy involved in changing the temperature of a kilogram of substance by 1°C

§ The unit is joule per kilogram per degree [J/kg°C]

Water	4.2kJ/kg°C
Blood	3.78 kJ/kg°C ?

2. Specific Latent Heat

§ energy involved in the state change of a kilogram of substance

§ Unit J/kg

§ ice/water: 336kJ/kg; water/steam: 2270kJ/kg

3. Thermal Capacity [C]

§ Energy involved in changing an object’s temperature by one degree

§ J/°C

§ If object has mass m, and is made of a substance of specific heat capacity, c, then C = mc