MathLiveHeat capacity
Heat capacity gives the ratio of a small amount of heat added to a body to the resulting small rise in its temperature. It is used to quantify how much energy a material or system must absorb to warm up by a given amount.
C = \frac{\mathrm{d}Q}{\mathrm{d}T}What the symbols mean
| heat capacity (J/K) | |
| infinitesimal amount of heat added to the system (J) | |
| infinitesimal change in thermodynamic temperature (K) |
About this formula
- FieldPhysics
- TopicThermodynamics
- LevelUniversity
- Also calledthermal capacity, heat capacity definition, energy needed to change temperature, dQ/dT, thermodynamics heat capacity formula
- SourceWikidata Q179388
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