What is the difference between heat capacity and specific heat?

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Hello everyone today. We are being asked to differentiate molar heat capacity from specific heat capacity. So molar heat capacity is defined by the heat required to raise the temperature of one mole by one unit of temperature. I'm gonna say that again. The molar heat capacity is the heat required to raise the temperature of one mole by one unit of temperature. And so which one we can eliminate answer choice is B and C. Based on that definition alone, specific heat capacity, on the other hand, is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one g by one temperature unit. So I'll go ahead and write that out for our Moeller heat capacity. It's the amount of heat required to increase our temperature of one mall. So it deals with moles. Whereas our specific heat capacity is the amount of heat required to increase the temperature of one g by one temperature unit. Somali capacity deals with moles specific heat capacity deals with grams and so which anti choice does that align with that aligns with the answer choice. A molar heat capacities. The heat required to raise the temperature of one mole of compound by one unit of temperature. While specific heat capacity is the heat required to raise the temperature of one g of compound by one unit of temperature. And with that we have answered the question overall. I hope that this helped and until next time

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