Key term for Edexcel GCSE Physics, used in Work and Energy Transfers.
The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of a particular substance by 1°C.
Specific heat capacity appears in Edexcel GCSE Physics revision content for Energy – forces doing work, especially Work and Energy Transfers and Energy Changes in Systems.
Energy – forces doing work
Work and Energy Transfers • Energy Changes in Systems
Particle model
Heat, Specific Heat and Latent Heat • SHC and SLH Definitions
Particle model
Heat, Specific Heat and Latent Heat • Heating a System
Key concepts of physics
Units and Measurements • SI Units
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