Specific Heat Capacity, Specific Latent Heat, Vapour Pressure, Refrigeration, Boiling and Melting

Keighley, H. J. P.

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Specific Heat Capacity, Specific Latent Heat, Vapour Pressure, Refrigeration, Boiling and Melting

H. J. P. Keighley

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The specific heat capacity of a substance is the heat energy required to raise 1 kg of it through 1 K. Its units are J/(kg K).

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Keighley, H.J.P. (1986). Specific Heat Capacity, Specific Latent Heat, Vapour Pressure, Refrigeration, Boiling and Melting. In: Work Out Physics ‘O’ Level and GCSE. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07213-2_8

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