Definition:CGS/Energy/Calorie (20 Degrees)

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This page is about Calorie (20 Degrees). For other uses, see Calorie.

Definition

The $20 \cels$ calorie is a CGS unit of heat energy.


It is defined as equal to the energy required to raise the temperature of $1$ gram of water from $19 \cdotp 5 \cels$ to $20 \cdotp 5 \cels$ at standard atmospheric pressure.


Conversion Factors

\(\ds \) \(\) \(\ds 1\) $20 \cels$ calorie
\(\ds \) \(\approx\) \(\ds 4 \cdotp 182\) joules
\(\ds \) \(\approx\) \(\ds 0 \cdotp 00396 \, 4\) British thermal units
\(\ds \) \(\approx\) \(\ds 1 \cdotp 162 \times 10^{-6}\) kilowatt-hours
\(\ds \) \(\approx\) \(\ds 2 \cdotp 610 \times 10^{19}\) electron volts


Symbol

The symbol used to denote the $20 \cels$ calorie is $\mathrm {cal_{20} }$.


Also see