Question

Specific heat is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 g of a substance by what?

Answer 1

The specific heat is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 g of substance by one degree Celsius or one Kelvin.

Explanation:

Specific heat`= "Q"/("m"DeltaT)`

What is the specific heat of an unknown substance if 2000 J energy are required to raise the temperature of 4 grams of the substance 5°C?