Specific Heat - Online Unit Converter
Specific Heat is the amount of heat required to change one mass unit of a substance by one degree in temperature.
Specific Heat Converter
The calculator below can be used to convert between some common specific heat units
Use the links to see tabulated values of specific heat of gases , common liquids and fluids , food and foodstuff , metals and semimetals , common solids and other common substances .
Specific Heat Converting Chart
Use of the chart is illustrated below.
1000 J/kg o C equals to 1 kJ/kg o C or 0.239 Btu/lb o F .
Related Topics
• Basics
The SI-system, unit converters, physical constants, drawing scales and more.
• Material Properties
Material properties of gases, fluids and solids - densities, specific heats, viscosities and more.
• Thermodynamics
Work, heat and energy systems.
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