Question
Define specific heat and heat capacity.
Solution
Specific heat:
Specific heat is the quantity of heat required to raise the unit temperature of unit mass of the substance by 1-degree celsius of temperature.
If dH heat is required to raise the temperature of m gram of substance through dT degree Celsius, then
dH = mS(dT)
where,
S is the specific heat of the substance.
Mathematically it is given by, 
Unit of specific heat is cal/g/K or J/kg/K.
