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Author:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

Publisher:Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste

Chapter1: Chemical Foundations

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Why heat capacity is so important in our everyday life? please give an examples.

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Heat capacity is the amount of heat required in Joules by one gram of substance to raise its temperature by one degree Celsius.

Thus, heat capacity is useful for determining the energy required in order to heat or cool any substance having a defined mass. This is useful while heating or cooling a substance as to for how much time a particular amount of energy, that must be supplied to bring about the required change in temperature.

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