{"id":9942,"key":"Specific_heat","title":"Specific heat","latest":{"id":1206196,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T19:41:32Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"The '''specific heat''' is the amount of [[heat]] per unit mass of a required to raise the temperature to raise the temperature of the mass by one degree Celsius. For example the specific heat (usually [[water]]) is One calorie/gram or °C= 4.186 calories/gram °C or 4.186 joules/gram K, water has a very high specific heat compared to most common substances. The specific heat of copper is only 0.093 calories/gram °C.\n\n{| class=\"wikitable sortable\"\n! Substance\n! J/grm K\n! Btu/lbs °F\n|- \t\t\t\n| Aluminum\n| 0.9\n| align=\"right\"| 0.215\n|-\n| Bismuth\n| 0.123 \t\n| align=\"right\"| 0.0294\n|- \t\n| Copper\n| 0.386 \t\n| align=\"right\"| 0.0923 \t\n|-\n| Brass\n| 0.38\n| align=\"right\"|0.092\n|-\n| Gold\n| 0.126\n| align=\"right\"|0.0301\n|- \t\n| Lead\n| 0.128\n| align=\"right\"|0.0305\n|-\n| Silver\n| 0.233\n| align=\"right\"|0.0558\n|- \t\n| Tungsten\n| 0.134\n| align=\"right\"|0.0321\n|-\n| Zinc\n| 0.387\n| align=\"right\"|0.0925\n|- \t\n| Mercury\n| 0.14\n| align=\"right\"|0.033\n|- \t\n| Alcohol\n| 2.4\n| align=\"right\"|0.58\n|- \t\n| Water\n| 4.186\n| align=\"right\"|1\n|- \t\n| Ice (-10 °C)\n| 2.05\n| align=\"right\"|0.49\n|- \t\t\n| Granite\n| 0.79\n| align=\"right\"|0.19\t\n|-\n| Glass\n| 0.84\n| align=\"right\"|0.2\n|}\n\n== External links ==\n\n* [[Wikipedia:Specific heat]]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n}}\n\n[[Category:PH261]]"}