HEAT CAPACITY (usually denoted by a capital C, often with subscripts), or thermal capacity, is the measurable physical quantity that

t shows the amount of heat required to change the temperature of a substance by a given amount. In the SI units of heat capacity is expressed in units of joules(J) per kelvin(K). Temperature reflects the average Kinetic energy of particles in matter while heat is the transfer of thermal energy from high to low temperature regions. Thermal energy transmitted by heat is stored as Kinetic energy of atoms as they move, and in molecules as they rotate. Additionally, some thermal energy may be stored as the Potential energy associated with higher-energy modes of vibration, whenever they occur in interatomic bonds in any substance

MOLAR HEAT CAPACITY The amount of heat needed to increase the temperature of one mole of a substance by one degree is the molar heat capacity. It is expressed in joules per moles per degrees Celsius (or Kelvin), . For example, the molar heat capacity of lead is 26.65 , which means that it takes 26.65 Joules of heat to raise 1 mole of lead by K SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY The amount of heat needed to increase the temperature of one gram of a substance by one degree is the specific heat capacity. It is expressed in joules per gram per degree Celsius, . Because the specific heat of lead is 0.128 , it takes 0.128 Joules to raise one gram of lead by one C.