Invisible wrote:
>>> Now I simply *must* know if the specific heat capacity of oil is 
>>> significantly different from water...
>>
>> I think it's actually lower than water.
> 
> According to Wikipedia (which, obviously, is never wrong), the specific 
> heat of water is about 4.1 J per g per degree, whereas for parafin wax 
> (the only organic compound I could find) it's 2.2 - roughly half.
> 
> I'd be interested to know what it is for typical animal fat. And also 
> for sugar, actually.
> 


Soybeans, which was the only usable result google gave me for "specific 
heat of oil", have a specific heat of about 1.926 to 2.912 kj/kg-K 
according to 
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1745-4530.1999.tb00500.x

Sugar, according to 
http://209.85.215.104/search?q=cache:B3m5sDbitg0J:www.solexthermal.com/assets/pdf/en/SolexCS_The%2520Solex%2520Heat%2520Exchanger%2520-%2520A%2520Better%2520Way%2520to%2520Cool%2520Sugar%2520Crystals.pdf+%22specific+heat+of+sugar%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us,


kilo calorie is 4.185 Joules).

And, for other chemicals, 
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/specific-heat-fluids-d_151.html is a 
good table.

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