Centigrade Fahrenheit Those are for the weather man. Our high tomorrow, will possibility reach the 550 degree mark. That which can sensed by our bodies, and directly measured with a thermometer, using one of our three common scales. The additional heat required to change the state of a substance from solid to liquid at its melting point, or from liquid to gas at its boiling point, after the temperature of the substance has reached either of these points. At any given temperature, a cubic centimeter of iron has more kinetic heat energy, than a cubic centimeter of Aluminum.
Different materials can hold different amounts of heat.
The amount of heat that a material can hold is Specific for that material. Specific Heat is largely the result of Density. The number of dancers on the dance floor . You all know how Hot, a crowded dance floor can be. Here is where a nice simple concept like Heat, gets messed up.