| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Heat capacity | Heat capacity is a measure of the ability of a body to store heat. (references) | ||
| Heat capacity ratio | For a monoatomic ideal gas, \gamma = \frac{5}{3}, while a diatomic ideal gas has \gamma = \frac{7}{5}. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Heat capacity | Mining | That quantity of heat required to increase the temperature of a system by 1 degrees at constant pressure and volume. It is usually expressed in calories per degree Celsius. Syn: thermal capacity. (references) | |
| Heat capacity | Physics | The amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of a given mass one degree. Heat capacity may be calculated by multiplying the mass by the specific heat. (references) | |
| Heat capacity (c) | Environment | Ratio of heat absorbed or released by a material to the corresponding temperature rise or fall. Expressed in calories per gram per degree centigrade. Also called thermal capacity. (references) | |
| Heat capacity (volume) | Aerospace | The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit volume of soil by one degree. It may also be expressed in terms of weight. (references) | |
| Heat capacity mapping mission (HCMM) | Aerospace | A two-channel radiometer launched by NASA to measure the thermal properties of the terrestrial surface. It had an application to identify and locate rocks and minerals. One radiometer channel was in the visible to near infrared (0.5-1.1 micrometers), and the other in the thermal infrared (10.5-12.5 micrometers). The instantaneous field of view (IEOV) was about 600 meters. (references) | |
| Heat capacity mapping mission (HCMM) | Environment | NASA satellite orbited in 1978 to record daytime and nighttime visible and thermal IR images of large areas. (references) | |
| Molar heat capacity | Aerospace | See: heat capacity. (references) | |
| Specific heat capacity | Energy | The quantity of heat required to change the temperature of one unit weight of a material by one degree. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: HEAT CAPACITY | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Specific heat capacity | 66 | Heat capacity rate | 6 | |
| Heat capacity ratio | 17 | Heat capacity ratio | 17 | |
| Volumetric heat capacity | 7 | Specific heat capacity | 66 | |
| Heat capacity rate | 6 | Volumetric heat capacity | 7 | |
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