Distinguish between heat capacity and specific heat capacity of a body

      

Distinguish between heat capacity and specific heat capacity of a body.

  

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John
Heat capacity is quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a body by one Kelvin or one degree Celsius while Specific heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of body by 1 Kelvin (K) or 1o Celsius(C)
johnmulu answered the question on February 15, 2017 at 13:29


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