The number of heat units needed to raise the temperature of a body by one degree.
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The water has quite a high thermal capacity and because of the wind, any extra heat is distributed across the upper layer.
The time constant depends on both thermal conductivity and thermal capacity of the body itself, and the rate at which heat exchanges with the environment.
The thermal capacity of materials changes slightly with temperature primarily due to changes in density, and very dramatically at phase transitions, such as ice melting and water boiling.
Massive rammed earth walls often 2ft thick provide insulation and thermal capacity to combat a climate that can be both very hot during the day and pretty cold at night.
This is because the thermal capacity of the oceans is very much greater than that of the land.
The high thermal capacity of materials such as concrete, brick and stone enables them to store and re-radiate heat, reducing energy consumption, air conditioning and carbon dioxide emissions.
The nature of such buildings favors the use of space heating, rather than structural heating that exploits high thermal capacity.
Undersuits powered by a battery the size of a cigarette case, and with thermal capacities that prevent the possibility of over-heating, are now being developed for a range of extreme sports.