How do specific heat capacity and thermal conductivity differ?
February 20th, 2023
There is a difference between capacity and thermal conductivity.
Thermal conductivity: property of a material that indicates its ability to conduct heat.
The equation of thermal conductivity is:
Specific heat capacity: heat or thermal energy required to increase the temperature of a unit quantity of a substance by one unit. The equation of specific heat is:
This image explains the relationship between specific heat capacity and thermal conductivity :
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So i hope you get the idea why specific heat capacity and thermal conductivity are differ