calorie
cal standard definitionInternational Table (IT) calorie = 4.1868 J exactly (rulebook C.4). Differs from thermochemical calorie (4.184 J); v0.1 uses IT consistently with the IT BTU and therm.
Definition
- Dimension
- Energy
- Symbols
- cal
- System
- convention
- Base factor
- ×4.1868
- Exactness
- standard definition
Fixed by a published standard or convention (toe, therm, IT cal/BTU).
Also known as
small caloriegram caloriecaloriescal_itinternational table calorie
Sources
Common conversions
for 1 cal| joule | 4.1868 | J | standard definition |
| kilojoule | 0.0041868 | kJ | standard definition |
| megajoule | 0.0000041868 | MJ | standard definition |
| gigajoule | 0.0000000041868 | GJ | standard definition |
| kilowatt hour | 0.000001163 | kWh | standard definition |
| megawatt hour | 0.000000001163 | MWh | standard definition |
| British thermal unit | 0.00396832 | BTU | standard definition |
| million British thermal units | 0.00000000396832 | MMBTU | standard definition |
| therm (US) | 0.0000000396832 | therm | standard definition |
| tonne of oil equivalent | 0.0000000001 | toe | standard definition |