 | Charles Hanford Henderson, John Francis Woodhull - Physics - 1900 - 542 pages
...in C.-G.-S. units, and so must devise an empirical unit. The Calorie is our name for such a unit. It is the quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of pure water 1° 0. It is a mere convention. We might use 1 kilogram, or 1 pound, or 1° F.,... | |
 | Joseph Albertus Culler - Physics - 1906 - 440 pages
...The unit usually employed in measuring the quantity of heat is called the calorie. It is defined as the quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 g. of pure water 1° C. It is often called the gram-calorie. If water, then, is the substance under consideration,... | |
 | Charles William Hales - Home economics - 1915 - 352 pages
...of nearly l£ tons from the pavement to the top of St Paul's Cathedral. We have denned a calorie as the quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 g. of water by 1° C. Since 1 foot = 30'48 cm., and 1 lb. = 453"6g., 1 calorie is equivalent to (1395 x 30'48... | |
 | C. M. Roebuck - Chemistry - 2003 - 182 pages
...C02(g) + H20(/) -» Ca(HC03)2(o<7) Questions 16-20 (5 marks) 16. (a) (i) The specific heat capacity (Cg) is the quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 g of substance 1°C (or 1 K). (ii) The intermolecular forces which are overcome when ethanol is heated are... | |
 | Mosen Asadi - Technology & Engineering - 2006 - 800 pages
...mass of an equal volume of Specific-heat capacity (c, often called simply specific heat): The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 g of a substance by 1°C, without a change in state Specific heat of condensation: The amount of heat energy released... | |
 | John T. Moore, Richard H. Langley - Business & Economics - 2007 - 361 pages
...the quantity of heat needed to change the temperature 1 K. It has the form: Heat capacity = q/AT The heat capacity most commonly has units of J/K. The...of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 g of the substance 1 K: c = q/(mass)(AT) or q = (c)(mass)(AT) The specific heat capacity commonly has units... | |
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The specific heat capacity (or specific heat) (c) is the quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 g of a substance 1 K: c = q/(m X AT) or q = cmAT, where m is the mass of the substance. 