Question

Known specific heat measured specific heat

Answer 1

The known specific heat capacity of any substance is the amount of heat per unit mass required to increase the temperature by a degree Celsius which is calculated theoretically and which also often taken in comparison with the specific heat capacity found in laboratory experiment.

Specific heat capacity of any substance is given by:

Where is the energy required for the substance, is the mass of the substance, and is the temperature change of the substance.

The measured specific heat capacity of any substance is the specific heat found in laboratory experiment.

Let's say for any substance the known specific heat capacity is and for the same substance through the experiment the specific heat capacity is measured , then the percentage error between known and measured specific heat capacity is calculated as: