What is the specific heat capacity of the human body?

I know that the specific heat capacity of water is 4186J/kgK and I'm interested if the specific heat capacity of the human body is smaller or bigger of that. The body should be thermal insulator and should therefore have a bigger specific heat capacity.

Eve Vartan2006-05-11T01:51:05Z

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The average specific heat capacity of a human body is approximately 3500 J/kgK

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What is the specific heat capacity of the human body?
I know that the specific heat capacity of water is 4186J/kgK and I'm interested if the specific heat capacity of the human body is smaller or bigger of that. The body should be thermal insulator and should therefore have a bigger specific heat capacity.

SilentKiller2006-05-11T02:02:15Z

3501 J/KgK