Define Heat Capacity

question 148

Multiple Choice

Define heat capacity.

• A) the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 mol of a substance by 1 °C
• B) the quantity of heat required to change a system's temperature by 1 °C
• C) the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 g of a substance by 1 °C
• D) the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 g of a substance by 1 °F
• E) the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 L of a substance by 1 °C

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