Heat Capacity of Materials

By definition, a calorie is the energy necessary to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water up 1oC.

Cwater = 1 cal/gm-oC = 4.186 J/gm-oC

Cethyl alcohol = 2.400 J/gm-oC

Cwood = 1.700 J/gm-oC

Cglass = 0.837 J/gm-oC

Ccopper = 0.387 J/gm-oC

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