J/g\text{J/g}

joule per gram

Specific latent heatexact by definition

The joule per gram is 1000 J/kg exactly, and numerically identical to kJ/kg. It is what a differential scanning calorimeter prints: the heat of fusion of a polymer or a phase-change material comes out in J/g on the instrument trace.

1 J/g\text{J/g} 1,000 J/kg\text{J/kg}

One joule per gram in every specific latent heat unit

1,000joule per kilogram (J/kg)
334.553foot pound-force per pound (ft·lbf/lb)
1kilojoule per kilogram (kJ/kg)
1joule per gram (J/g)this unit
0.429923BTU per pound (BTU/lb)
0.277778watt-hour per kilogram (W·h/kg)
0.239006calorie per gram (cal/g)
0.239006kilocalorie per kilogram (kcal/kg)
0.001megajoule per kilogram (MJ/kg)
0.000277778kilowatt-hour per kilogram (kW·h/kg)