Engineering

Question

What is the specific heat capacity of paraffin oil?

Answer

Not my field of expertise, but a quick Google search (which you should get used to doing yourself&nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG src="/editor/images/smiley/msn/regular_smile.gif" border=0>&nbsp;) found <A href=http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/specific-heat-fluids-d_151.html">a table of Liquids and Fluids - Specific Heat Capacities</A> which includes paraffin on the list.<BR><BR>For your information, the original Google search was&nbsp;<BR><BR>specific heat of paraffin oil<BR><BR>which you can run yourself and browse more to see what entries I <EM>didn't</EM> highlight.<BR><BR><A href=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;safe=active&amp;q=specific+heat+of+paraffin+oil">http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;safe=active&amp;q=specific+heat+of+paraffin+oil</A><BR><BR>Google searching is not without effort -- you do have to click and read, sometimes modify your search term a bit.<BR><BR> http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/ http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/specific-heat-fluids-d_151.html http://vrd.askvrd.org/services/answerschema.xml