Specific Heat dialog

This tab allows you to enter specific heat data for the selected material.

Specific Heat Data

The specific heat (Cp) of a material is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of material by one degree Centigrade. It is essentially a measure of a material's ability to convert heat input to an actual temperature increase. It is measured at zero pressure and a range of temperatures, or averaged across the temperature range of 50C to the material's maximum processing temperature.

The dialog shows the specific heat data in tabular format, as follows.

• No. (Number) is the number of each individual material record.
• Each row of the table shows the specific heat data at a given temperature. In many cases, the table consists of one row.
• Temperature (T) is the test temperature.
• Specific heat (Cp) is the specific heat at the given temperature.
• The Heating/cooling rate is the rate at which the material was heated or cooled when tested. Typically it is cooled, and this is represented by a negative value, usually -0.3333.

Specific Heat Test Information

This section of the dialog contains information about the material test such as the source, method and date of creation.