# Heat and specific heat capacity notes

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- [Specific heat capacity and heat capacity](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/technical-sciences/notes/heat-and-specific-heat-capacity/specific-heat-capacity-and-heat-capacity) — Specific Heat Capacity and Heat Capacity When you heat different substances, they do not all warm up at the same rate. A metal pan heats up much faster than the water inside it, even though both…
- [Law of conservation of heat](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/technical-sciences/notes/heat-and-specific-heat-capacity/law-of-conservation-of-heat) — Law of Conservation of Heat (Calorimetry) When a hot object is placed in contact with a cold object in an insulated system, heat energy flows from the hot object to the cold object until both reach…

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