What is Heat capacity?
'''Heat capacity''' is a [[measure]] of how much [[material|materials]] can store up [[heat]] as they change [[temperature]]. Materials with high heat capacities require a lot of heat to be stored up before a small change. Materials with low heat capacities require very little heat to be stored up before a large change. The heat capacity of one [[gram]] (or some other unit of [[mass]]) of a material is called the '''specific heat capacity''' of the material, so that the heat capacity of something is its mass times its specific heat capacity. Specific heat capacities are often listed in tables, like this one: [http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/tables/sphtt.html#c1] [[Category:Basic physics ideas]] [[Category:Heat]] [[Category:Physical quantity]] {{sci-stub}}