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kcal/K\text{kcal/K}

kilocalorie per kelvin

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The kilocalorie per kelvin is 4184 J/K exactly. One litre of water is very nearly 1 kcal/K, which is the property the calorie was designed around and the reason the unit persisted in food and heating work long after the joule arrived.

1 kcal/K\text{kcal/K} 4,184 J/K\text{J/K}

One kilocalorie per kelvin in every heat capacity unit

4,184,000millijoule per kelvin (mJ/K)
4,184joule per kelvin (J/K)
4,184joule per Celsius degree (J/°C)
1,000calorie per kelvin (cal/K)
4.184kilojoule per kelvin (kJ/K)
4.184kilojoule per Celsius degree (kJ/°C)
2.20315BTU per Fahrenheit degree (BTU/°F)
2.20315BTU per Rankine degree (BTU/°R)
1.16222watt-hour per kelvin (W·h/K)
1kilocalorie per kelvin (kcal/K)this unit
0.004184megajoule per kelvin (MJ/K)
0.00116222kilowatt-hour per kelvin (kW·h/K)
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