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heat capacity
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heat capacity
n.
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one mole or one gram of a substance by one degree Celsius without change of phase.

heat capacity
The ratio of the heat energy absorbed by a substance to its increase in temperature. Heat capacity is also called thermal capacity. The specific heat or specific heat capacity of a substance is the heat capacity per unit mass, usually measured in joules per kilogram per degree Kelvin. See also latent heatthermodynamics

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They also concluded that the specific heat capacities of the four preheated coatings studied differed no more than 10% below 1472F (800C), and that thermal conductivity was found to decrease as the temperature increased from 212-1292F (100-700C).
 
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