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You can't convert Joules per gram Celsius to Joules per mole, but you can convert Joules per gram Celsius to Joules per mole Celsius.

Specific heat is usually measured in `"J/g" ^@"C"` because it expresses the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree Celsius.

You can convert specific heat to molar specific heat by using the molar mass of the substance you're dealing with

`M_M = m/n = "grams"/"mole"`

`"molar specific heat" = "specific heat" * "molar mass"`

`"J"/(cancel("g") ^@"C") * cancel("g")/"mole" = "J"/("mole"^@"C")`

Molar specific heat will express the heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 mole of a substance by 1 degree Celsius.