Specific heat

Specific heat

It is the amount of heat needed per kilogram of material to increase the temperature by 1^oC.

In general, the specific heat increases with temperature.

The table shows specific heat ( Kcal / Kg ^oC )of materials presented in the table below. Select material and press “Show specific heat” to find the specific heat of chosen material

Select material Select... Sulfuric acid Brass Aluminium Antimony Silver Arsen Asphalt Gold Benzene Gasoline at 10 degree C Concrete Bismuth Cadmium Calcium Brick Pit coal Coal Retort Coal Ash Cement Tin Chrome Copper Quarter Diamond Ebonite Iron White Phosphorus Red Phosphorus Ice at 0 degrees C Graphite Tile Iodine Iridium Wood - pine Wood - hornbeam Wood - oak Magnesium Mangal at 20 degrees Celsius Mangan Molybdenum Nickel Steel Leather Platinum Lead Cork Porcelain Potassium Wood sawdust Sodium Glass Amorphous sulfur Tantalum Terebentina Transformer oil Mineral oil Wolfram Zinc