BTU/(lb·°R)
BTU per pound-Rankine
Specific heat capacityexact by definition
The BTU per pound-Rankine is exactly 4186.8 J/(kg·K), the same number as BTU/(lb·°F), because a Rankine degree and a Fahrenheit degree are the same size. It appears wherever a US calculation needs an absolute temperature, which is most of gas-cycle thermodynamics.
Watch out: Do not treat the °R and °F forms as different units needing a conversion between them. They differ only in which temperature scale the surrounding equation uses, and the specific heat number is identical.
| 1 BTU/(lb·°R) | 4,186.8 J/(kg·K) |
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