Thermal capacity

2.2.2 Measurement of temperature

2.2.4 Melting and boiling

Thermal capacity

  1. The internal energy of a body is directly proportional to the temperature
  2. Thermal capacity, otherwise known as specific heat capacity, is the amount of energy required to raise one kilogram of a substance by one kelvin
  3. ΔE = SHC⋅m⋅ΔT
  4. The specific heat capacity can be calculated by using a calorimeter to heat a mass of substance using a known amount of energy and using the change in temperature in the calculation