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cal/K\text{cal/K}

calorie per kelvin

Heat capacityexact by definition

The calorie per kelvin is 4.184 J/K on the thermochemical calorie. It is the natural unit for bomb calorimetry, where the calorimeter constant is what you calibrate before any sample goes in.

Watch out: Older calorimetry is built on the 15 °C calorie or the IT calorie. Check which before combining a historic calorimeter constant with a modern energy figure; the spread is about 0.1%.

1 cal/K\text{cal/K} 4.184 J/K\text{J/K}

One calorie per kelvin in every heat capacity unit

4,184millijoule per kelvin (mJ/K)
4.184joule per kelvin (J/K)
4.184joule per Celsius degree (J/°C)
1calorie per kelvin (cal/K)this unit
0.004184kilojoule per kelvin (kJ/K)
0.004184kilojoule per Celsius degree (kJ/°C)
0.00220315BTU per Fahrenheit degree (BTU/°F)
0.00220315BTU per Rankine degree (BTU/°R)
0.00116222watt-hour per kelvin (W·h/K)
0.001kilocalorie per kelvin (kcal/K)
0.000004184megajoule per kelvin (MJ/K)
0.00000116222kilowatt-hour per kelvin (kW·h/K)
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