Specific Heat
Specific heat, abbreviated as c, is the amount of energy required to increase one gram of a substance by 1 degree celsius.
Specific heat formula
| \(\large{ c = \frac{ Q }{m \; \Delta T } }\) |
Where:
| Units | English | Metric |
| \(\large{ c }\) = specific heat | \(\large{\frac{Btu}{lbm-F}}\) | \(\large{\frac{kJ}{kg-K}}\) |
| \(\large{ m }\) = mass | \(\large{lbm}\) | \(\large{kg}\) |
| \(\large{ Q }\) = specific heat capacity | \(\large{\frac{Btu}{lbm-F}}\) | \(\large{\frac{kJ}{kg-K}}\) |
| \(\large{ \Delta T }\) = temperature change | \(\large{F}\) | \(\large{K}\) |
Related Specific Heat formula
| \(\large{ c = \frac{ U^2 }{ 2 \; Ec \; \Delta T } }\) | (Eckert number) |
Where:
\(\large{ c }\) = specific heat
\(\large{ U }\) = characteristic flow velocity
\(\large{ Ec }\) = Eckert number
\(\large{ \Delta T }\) = temperature change
