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kcal/(kg⋅∘C)\text{kcal/(kg}{\cdot}^{\circ}\text{C)}

kilocalorie per kilogram-Celsius

Specific heat capacityexact by definition

The kilocalorie per kilogram-Celsius is 4184 J/(kg·K) on the thermochemical calorie. Its historic appeal is that water is 1.000 of them almost exactly, which is the entire reason the calorie was defined the way it was.

Watch out: Whether water is exactly 1 depends on which calorie. On the thermochemical calorie of 4.184 J, water at 15 °C comes to 0.9995. On the 15 °C calorie it is 1 by construction. The 0.05% gap is invisible in building work and matters in calorimetry.

1 kcal/(kg⋅∘C)\text{kcal/(kg}{\cdot}^{\circ}\text{C)} 4,184 J/(kg⋅K)\text{J/(kg}{\cdot}\text{K)}

One kilocalorie per kilogram-celsius in every specific heat capacity unit

4,184joule per kilogram-kelvin (J/(kg·K))
4,184joule per kilogram-Celsius (J/(kg·°C))
777.649foot pound-force per pound-Rankine (ft·lbf/(lb·°R))
4.184kilojoule per kilogram-kelvin (kJ/(kg·K))
4.184kilojoule per kilogram-Celsius (kJ/(kg·°C))
4.184joule per gram-kelvin (J/(g·K))
1calorie per gram-Celsius (cal/(g·°C))
1kilocalorie per kilogram-Celsius (kcal/(kg·°C))this unit
0.999331BTU per pound-Fahrenheit (BTU/(lb·°F))
0.999331BTU per pound-Rankine (BTU/(lb·°R))
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