A wooden spoon takes a lot longer to heat up than a metal one. We say that metal is a good thermal conductor and wood a poor thermal conductor. The energy required to raise 1kg of a substance by 1K is called it’s specific heat capacity. The formula we use to find how much energy is required to raise 1 kg of a substance by 1K is:
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