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Originally Posted by Butcher
Good point, I was quoting per unit mass...
Since Al is more than 3 times less dense than Cu, Al is indeed slightly lower per unit volume.
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It's all largely irrelevant, except for how it affects the speed of bulk temperature changes when the heat load changes. When a system is in equilibrium only the thermal conductivity matters.
Thermal Capacity per unit volume:
Water: 4.186 J/K-cm³
Aluminium: 2.430 J/K-cm³
Copper: 3.425 J/K-cm³
Silver: 2.435 J/K-cm³