heat capacity

Summary

heat capacity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,161 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• heat capacity is a type of extensive quantity^[2].
• heat capacity is a type of physical quantity^[3].
• heat capacity is a type of thermodynamic material property^[4].
• heat capacity's Commons category is recorded as Heat capacity^[5].
• heat capacity's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Heat capacity^[6].
• heat capacity's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[7].
• heat capacity's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-5:2007 Quantities and units — Part 5: Thermodynamics^[8].
• heat capacity's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-5:2019 Quantities and units — Part 5: Thermodynamics^[9].
• heat capacity's different from is recorded as specific heat capacity^[10].
• heat capacity's studied by is recorded as thermodynamics^[11].
• heat capacity's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[12].
• heat capacity's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[13].
• heat capacity's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as joule per kelvin difference^[14].
• heat capacity's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as kilogram square metre per square second kelvin^[15].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include extensive quantity^[2], physical quantity^[3], and thermodynamic material property^[4].

Why It Matters

heat capacity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,161 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]