Hello!
The units that express heat capacity are J/ °C; J/K; and cal/ °C
Why?
Heat capacity is the amount of heat required to increase the temperature of a determined amount of substance.
As the heat capacity increases, more heat will need to be given to the substance to increase its temperature.
Heat capacity is expressed mathematically as:
[tex]\lim_{\Delta T \to 0} \frac{Heat}{\Delta Temperature}[/tex]
So that means that Heat capacity will have units of Heat (in J or cal) over temperature (in °C or K).
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