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Units for specific heat capacity: kJ/gC or J/gC
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 11:45 pm
by Amy Luong 1L
For answers regarding specific heat, the course reader lists the units as kJ/gC, however is it acceptable to leave our answers as J/gC as the quiz had?
Re: Units for specific heat capacity: kJ/gC or J/gC
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:10 am
by Neil DSilva 1L
They are basically the same units with different magnitude, so I would assume that either is fine, as long as you have the correct number of significant figures.
Re: Units for specific heat capacity: kJ/gC or J/gC
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2015 5:40 pm
by martha-1I
I would think answers in Joules or in KJ would be accepted since they are basically the same answer either divided by 1000 or multiplied by 1000. For example, 5kJ = 5000J, so whether you choose to express that in kJ or J either way should be correct.
Re: Units for specific heat capacity: kJ/gC or J/gC
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 10:22 am
by Chem_Mod
The above discussion is correct.