Definition:CGS/Energy/Mean Calorie
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This page is about mean calorie. For other uses, see calorie.
Definition
The mean calorie is a CGS unit of heat energy.
It is defined as equal to $\dfrac 1 {100}$ the energy required to raise the temperature of $1$ gram of water from $0 \cels$ to $100 \cels$ at standard atmospheric pressure.
Conversion Factors
| \(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\ds 1\) | mean calorie | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\approx\) | \(\ds 4 \cdotp 190\) | joules | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\approx\) | \(\ds 0 \cdotp 00397 \, 1\) | British thermal units | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\approx\) | \(\ds 1 \cdotp 164 \times 10^{-6}\) | kilowatt-hours | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\approx\) | \(\ds 2 \cdotp 615 \times 10^{19}\) | electron volts |
Symbol
The symbol used to denote the mean calorie is $\mathrm {cal_{mean} }$.