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Question
What do you mean by the following statement?
The specific heat capacity of copper is 0. 4 Jg-1 K-1?
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Solution
The specific heat capacity of copper is 0.4 J g-1K-1 means to increase the temperature of one gram of copper by 1K, we have to supply 0.4 joules of energy.
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