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Why is specific heat capacity taken as a measure of thermal inertia?

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We have H = ms Δθ or Δθ = (H/ms).
It follows that if s is more, Δθ will be small (for given values of H and m). Thus, for a given body, its specific heat capacity determines the change in temperature produced by a given quantity of heat. It is thus like mass in mechanics which determines the change in velocity (or the acceleration) produced by a given force. It is quite appropriate, therefore, to regard specific heat capacity as a measure of thermal inertia.

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अध्याय 10: Specific Heat Capacity and Latent Heat - Short Answers

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अध्याय 10 Specific Heat Capacity and Latent Heat
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