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Specific Heat

The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1 degree Celsius (or 1 Kelvin).

Surroundings

All other matter, including components of the measurement apparatus, that interact thermally with the system.

System

In calorimetry, the substance or substances undergoing the chemical or physical change.