Category:Definitions/British Thermal Unit
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This category contains definitions related to British Thermal Unit.
The British thermal unit is an imperial unit of heat energy.
It was originally defined as being:
- the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of $1$ pound (avoirdupois) of water by $1$ degree Fahrenheit.
| \(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\ds 1\) | British thermal unit | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\approx\) | \(\ds 1055 \cdotp 06\) | joules | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\approx\) | \(\ds 252\) | international calories | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\approx\) | \(\ds 778 \cdotp 2\) | foot-pounds |
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