Required Practical - Specific Heat Capacity
Physics: AQA GCSE Higher, topic 3.2.3
Specific Heat Capacity Experiment
The specific heat capacity of a substance is the amount of energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 kg of that substance by 1°C.
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Increasing internal energy of the body
- The heater increases the internal energy of the body and we measure this using a joulemeter.
Measuring the body's temperature
- Measure the temperature of the body (object) at the start and measure the maximum temperature of the body at the end.