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What is the full definition of specific heat?


The amount of heat required for boiling water.

The amount of heat required to increase the temperature of an object.

The amount of heat required to increase the temperature of a material by one degree Celsius.

The amount of heat required to increase the temperature of one unit of mass of a material by one degree Celsius.
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The full definition of specific heat is **the amount of heat required to increase the temperature of one unit of mass of a material by one degree Celsius (or one Kelvin)**. This means that specific heat is a property that indicates how much heat energy is needed to raise the temperature of a given mass of a substance by a specific amount, which is fundamental in understanding thermal energy transfer in different materials.

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