The heat required to raise the temperature of an object by 1 K is called the heat capacity of that object. Again, if the relative heat of the material of the object is S , then the temperature of a single mass of the object is required to increase the temperature of 1 K. Heat is required to increase 1 K = mS Joule This is the heat capacity of an object of mass m kg . Therefore , heat capacity = mass x relative heat.