Energy Transfer
Energy Transfer
Energy Transfer
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• The specific heat is defined as the energy required toraise the temperature of a unit mass of a substanceby one degree.• In thermodynamics, we are interested in two kinds ofspecific heats: specific heat at constant volume C vand specific heat at constant pressure C p .• The specific heat at constant volume C v is the energyrequired to raise the temperature of the unit mass ofa substance by one degree as the volume ismaintained constant.C vuT<strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Transfer</strong> 36© Copyright 2005 Prof. Arun S. Mujumdar.
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