Question

Specific heat is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a material by 1°C per what unit?

Answer 1

The heat required to raise the temperature of the unit mass of a given substance by a given amount (usually one degree).

or C. Mass if you're on plato

Answer 2

Per unit mass

Step-by-step explanation:

When some heat energy "Q" is given to an object of mass "m" to raise its temperature by "ΔT", then the energy is given as

Q = m c ΔT

where c = specific heat of the object

rearranging the above equation

c = Q/(m ΔT)

for "1 °C" rise of temperature , ΔT = 1

So specific heat is defined as amount of heat required to raise the temperature by 1 °C per unit mass of the object.