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Define molar specific heat or a substance.

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The amount of heat required to raise 1 mole of the substance through 1K of temperature is known as molar specific heat.
`C=Q/(mu/_\T)`
where `mu=m/M=("Mass of the substance")/("Molecular weight of the substance")`
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