What is turbine? What is specific heat?

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A turbine is a machine that converts the energy of a moving fluid (water, steam, gas) into mechanical energy.

Turbines are commonly used in power plants to generate electricity.
There are different types of turbines such as steam turbines, gas turbines, and hydraulic turbines.
The blades of a turbine are designed to capture the energy of the fluid and rotate the shaft connected to a generator.
Turbines are also used in aircraft engines to provide thrust.
Specific heat is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of a substance by one degree Celsius.
It is a physical property of a substance and is usually measured in joules per kilogram per degree Celsius (J/kg°C).
The specific heat of water is 4.18 J/kg°C, which means it takes 4.18 joules of energy to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius.
Specific heat is important in many fields such as thermodynamics, chemistry, and engineering.

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