The specific heat capacity of gasoline is 1400 J / kg ° C. What does it mean ?

The specific heat capacity is 1,400 J / (kg * oC), which means that when a body weighing 1 kilogram is transferred to an amount of heat equal to 1,400 Joule, it will heat up by 1 degree Celsius.

Specific heat, as a physical quantity, can be expressed from the formula for the amount of heat for a substance:

Q = cm (t2 – t1) ->

c = Q / m (t2 – t1).

We get that the specific heat can also be called the ratio of the amount of heat to its mass and temperature.