After completing this chapter, you should be able to
1. Define quantity of heat in terms of the calorie, the kilocalorie, the joule, and the British thermal unit (Btu).
2. Write a formula for the specific heat capacity of a material and apply it to the solution of problems involving the loss and gain of heat.
3. Write formulas for calculating the latent heats of fusion and vaporization and apply them to the solution of problems in which heat produces a change in phase of a substance.
4. Define the heat of combustion and apply it to problems involving the production of heat.
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