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The measurement of specific heat is, in principle, simple and straightforward, requiring the measurement of the temperature rise of a body of known mass when a measured quantity of heat is supplied to the body. The main practical difficulty is in avoiding or compensating for the heat losses to (or from) the surroundings.
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Keeler, G. (1993). Computer Control of Low Temperature Specific Heat Measurement. In: Staudenmaier, H.M. (eds) Physics Experiments Using PCs. Springer Study Edition. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79462-9_6
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