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heat capacity

In physics, the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of an object by one degree. The specific heat capacity of a substance is the heat capacity per unit of mass, measured in joules per kilogram per kelvin (J kg−1 K−1).


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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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