The specific heats of gases in an arbitrary process is investigated and a general expression is obtained. The expression is used to derive the specific heats of ideal and real gases, which are subject to the different equations of state, along an arbitrary path and some specified paths. The results obtained here can give not only the relevant contents in thermodynamics textbooks but also some new useful conclusions, so they are of general theoretical significance and practical application value.
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