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'''Heat capacity''', also called '''specific heat capacity''' is the amount of [[heat]] it takes to make a certain [[mass]] of a substance increase by a certain amount of [[temperature]]. The unit of [[calorie]] is defined by the heat capacity of [[water]]: 1 calorie is defined as the amound of heat it takes to heat 1 [[gram]] of water 1 degree [[Celsius]].
A table of heat capacities of select substances is as follows:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
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! Substance !! Heat Capacity <math>\left ( \frac{cal}{g.^0C} \right )</math>
! Substance !! Heat Capacity <math>\left ( \frac{cal}{g^oC} \right )</math>
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| Copper || 0.092
| Copper || 0.092
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| Glass || 0.200
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| Iron || 0.108
| Iron || 0.108
| Styrofoam || 11.95
| Styrofoam || 11.95
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| Glass || 0.200
| Water || 1.00
|}<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Chemistry''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref>
|}<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Chemistry''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref>