What is the specific heat of water with three units that include calories?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-22T19:56:58

Depends on what you mean by three units... at #25^@ "C"# and #"1 atm"#... and constant atmospheric pressure...

#C_P = "1.000 cal/g" cdot "K"#

or

#C_P = "1.000 cal/g"^@ "C"#

or if we went further, we could convert to the molar specific heat capacity...

#C_P = "1.000 cal/"cancel"g" cdot "K" xx (18.015 cancel("g"))/"1 mol"#

#= ul("18.015 cal/mol"cdot"K")#

or

#C_P = ul("18.015 cal/mol"^@ "C")#