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	<onlyinclude>'''Heat capacity''' ('''C''') is defined as the amount of [[heat]] needed to raise the [[temperature]] of a system by one degree ([[Celsius]] or [[Kelvin]]), and is expressed in units of [[Joule]]s per degree Kelvin (<m>\frac{J}{K}</m>).</onlyinclude><ref>UC Davis Chemwiki, ''Heat Capacity'' [Online], Available: http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Physical_Chemistry/Thermodynamics/Calorimetry/Heat_Capacity</ref> This is not to be confused with [[specific heat capacity]] which is very similar, but also depends on the [[mass]] that is being heated.		<onlyinclude>'''Heat capacity''' ('''C''') is defined as the amount of [[heat]] needed to raise the [[temperature]] of a system by one degree ([[Celsius]] or [[Kelvin]]), and is expressed in units of [[Joule]]s per degree Kelvin (<math>\frac{J}{K}</math>).</onlyinclude><ref>UC Davis Chemwiki, ''Heat Capacity'' [Online], Available: http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Physical_Chemistry/Thermodynamics/Calorimetry/Heat_Capacity</ref> This is not to be confused with [[specific heat capacity]] which is very similar, but also depends on the [[mass]] that is being heated.

	Heat capacity can be measured with a calorimeter, which is ideally well [[insulation\|insulated]] so that no heat escapes during the experimental process. A thermometer is placed in the calorimeter and the substance inside is heated, and by measuring the temperature change and energy supplied, the value for heat capacity can be derived. The equation that gives the heat capacity (C) is:<ref>Davidson Chemistry, ''Calorimetry: Heat Capacity'' [Online], Available: http://www.chm.davidson.edu/vce/calorimetry/heatcapacity.html</ref>		Heat capacity can be measured with a calorimeter, which is ideally well [[insulation\|insulated]] so that no heat escapes during the experimental process. A thermometer is placed in the calorimeter and the substance inside is heated, and by measuring the temperature change and energy supplied, the value for heat capacity can be derived. The equation that gives the heat capacity (C) is:<ref>Davidson Chemistry, ''Calorimetry: Heat Capacity'' [Online], Available: http://www.chm.davidson.edu/vce/calorimetry/heatcapacity.html</ref>

	<center><m>C=\frac{Q}{\Delta T}</m></center>		<center><math>C=\frac{Q}{\Delta T}</math></center>

	where:		where:

	*<m>Q</m> is the heat supplied		*<math>Q</math> is the heat supplied
	*<m>\Delta T</m> is the change in temperature of the substance		*<math>\Delta T</math> is the change in temperature of the substance

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<onlyinclude>'''Heat capacity''' ('''C''') is defined as the amount of [[heat]] needed to raise the [[temperature]] of a system by one degree ([[Celsius]] or [[Kelvin]]), and is expressed in units of [[Joule]]s per degree Kelvin (<m>\frac{J}{K}</m>).</onlyinclude><ref>UC Davis Chemwiki, ''Heat Capacity'' [Online], Available: http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Physical_Chemistry/Thermodynamics/Calorimetry/Heat_Capacity</ref> This is not to be confused with [[specific heat capacity]] which is very similar, but also depends on the [[mass]] that is being heated.

Heat capacity can be measured with a calorimeter, which is ideally well [[insulation|insulated]] so that no heat escapes during the experimental process. A thermometer is placed in the calorimeter and the substance inside is heated, and by measuring the temperature change and energy supplied, the value for heat capacity can be derived. The equation that gives the heat capacity (C) is:<ref>Davidson Chemistry, ''Calorimetry: Heat Capacity'' [Online], Available: http://www.chm.davidson.edu/vce/calorimetry/heatcapacity.html</ref>

<center><m>C=\frac{Q}{\Delta T}</m></center>

where:

*<m>Q</m> is the heat supplied
*<m>\Delta T</m> is the change in temperature of the substance

==References==
{{reflist}}
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