is specific heat and constant the same thing?

Question

can you please just say yes or no :)

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Answer 1

No
they don't specify same thing.

Because specific heat for a solid or liquid or gas is its property and and vary with the degree of purity.
In case of gas it depends over the number of molecules or particles participating the system of concern.

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Answer 2

You may be asking about specific heat and heat capacity. Heat capacity is the heat required to raise or lower a weight of asubstance by 1 deg F, C, or other scale. Specific heat is the ratio of the the heat capacity of a substance to the heat capacity of water, which is 1 cal/g-degC.

Because (1cal/g-C)/(1cal/g-C) = 1.0, the specific heat of water in the metric system is the same as the heat capacity, and so people sometimes mix them up. There are askers in Yahoo Answers who talk about "specific heat capacity."