GCSE Physics Revision notes on specific heat capacity igcse/O level/gcse level Physics revision notes

GCSE level Physics exam revision notes on specific heat

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SPECIFIC HEAT CAPACITY - explanation and its applications - How to determine the specific heat capacity of a material - Applications of data - thermal energy stores and calculations

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Sub-index for this section on specific heat capacity (some overlap between pages)

2.1 Explaining and defining the specific heat capacity of materials, applications of SHC data - thermal energy stores and thermal energy transfers

2.2 Examples of worked out practice questions involving specific heat capacity and its measurement

2.3 How to directly measure the specific heat capacity of a solid substance

2.4 How to directly the specific heat capacity of a liquid like water

2.5 Two ways of measuring the heat capacity of a solid using an indirect method

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Introduction to heat transfer - conduction (and thermal conductivity), convection and radiation

Specific heat capacity: How to determine it, use of data, calculations and thermal energy stores

More on methods of reducing heat transfer eg in a house and investigating insulating properties of materials

The density of materials and the particle model of matter

Energy transfer and efficiency - calculations and Sankey diagrams

Particle theory models, internal energy, heat transfer in state changes and latent heat and particle motion in gases (written more from a 'physics' point of view)

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