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heat capacity

thermal property describing the energy required to change a material's temperature
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Summary

heat capacity ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,900 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: extensive quantity[2], physical quantity[3], thermodynamic material property[4]
  • Commons category: Heat capacity[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Heat capacity[6]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], ISO 80000-5:2007 Quantities and units — Part 5: Thermodynamics[8], ISO 80000-5:2019 Quantities and units — Part 5: Thermodynamics[9]
  • Different from: specific heat capacity[10]
  • Studied by: thermodynamics[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[13]
  • Recommended unit of measurement: joule per kelvin difference[14], kilogram square metre per square second kelvin[15]
  • P14852: 0000058[16]

Why It Matters

heat capacity has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

thermodynamics

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  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14852 → 0000058
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14852: 0000058"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → specific heat capacity
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → extensive quantity, physical quantity, thermodynamic material property
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, ISO 80000-5:2007 Quantities and units — Part 5: Thermodynamics, ISO 80000-5:2019 Quantities and units — Part 5: Thermodynamics
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 11389, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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