Vocabulary Term Details

Thermal capacity

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_capacity)

Heat capacity, or thermal capacity, is the measurable physical quantity that specifies the amount of heat energy required to change the temperature of an object or body by a given amount. (Wikipedia)

Preferred Units: joule per kelvin

Scope Note:
N/A

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Measurements
Thermal properties
N/ATemperature

This term is used for the following terms: 
Heat capacity

Approved Date
23-Oct-2013

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