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Specific heat of a substance is the:




heat necessary to raise the temperature of a liquid to boiling temperature


amount of heat to change the state of a liquid


heat that can be converted back to a specific value depending on the pressure


quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of a substance by one degree

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Quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of a substance by one degree. (Option 4.)

Explanation: this is the standard definition of specific heat (units J kg⁻¹ K⁻¹). The option about heat to change state describes latent heat, not specific heat.