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Q: Is a calorie a unit of heat?
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A unit of heat?

Calorie


Which is the largest unit of heat transfer calorie or calorie or joule?

The Calorie.


What is a calorie A Calorie?

A calorie is the unit of energy needed to heat a litre of water by one degree.


What is a unit of heat called?

The most common unit for heat is a calorie. One calorie is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree. this should not be confused with the word calorie used to measure food intake - that is actually the kilocalorie. Units of heat include BTU (British Thermal Unit), calorie, and therm.


What is the word for unit of heat?

BTU/calorie/joule .


What is one unit for heat or energy?

Joule


What is a unit of heat'?

The most common units of heat are the Calorie, Joule and BTU (British thermal unit) heat is a form of energy.


What is a type of unit of heat?

there are several types of heat measurement. BTU (British thermal unit) calorie, temp.


Units used to measure heat?

Joule, calorie, BTU (British Thermal Unit)


What is the Unit of heat first defined by Nicolas Clement in 1824?

Calorie


A calorie is a unit of measurement used to measure what?

Wrong. The calorie is not an SI unit, and it is confusing because it comes in two varieties: gram when spelled calorie (small c) and Kilogram when spelled Calorie (Capital C). The SI energy unit is the Joule.


A caalorie is the amount of energy needed to?

Calorie is the unit of heat energy in cgs system. One calorie is the heat energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of water through one degree Celsius. But in MKSA system of units, joule is used as the unit of heat energy. One calorie is equal to 4.180 joule. Calorie is usually used in bio chemical changes.