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Q= Amount of Heat ; m= mass ; s = Specific Heat ; θ = Temperature Change (a.k.a ΔT) 

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Specific heat of a substance of unit mass is the amount of heat that is needed to raise it's temperature by 1oC (or 1K). Mathematically specific heat is simply the ratio of the heat with the product of the temperature change and the mass of the substance. 

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