Page 13 specific heat capacity Flashcards

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Materials that need to gain lots of energy in their thermal energy stores to warm up also

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Transfer loads of energy when they cool down again

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Change in thermal energy =

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Mass x specific heat capacity x temperature change

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Specific heat capacity means

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The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1kg of a substance by 1C

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