First scientists used calorie as the unit of heat energy. One calorie is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water through one degree celcius. So 1000 cal is taken as kilo calorie. Even now a days we use such units in case of biological energy. Later scientists have found that heat is also a kind of energy which is closely related to mechanical energy as 1 cal = 4.18 joule
So k cal requires 4180 joule of energy. This is what we call mechanical equivalent of heat energy. So at present stage we use only joule as the unit of heat energy. Especially in chemistry they use kilojoule/mole etc.
Generally the degree, however there are different kinds of degree measurements. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degree_(temperature)
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HONK !
Degrees are units of temperature, not heat.
Heat is energy, and may be described in any unit of energy.
Examples:
calorie, Calorie, joule, BTU, newton-meter, foot-pound, dyne-centimeter, watt-second
There are several.
The calorie is used by scientists.
The B.T.U (B.Th.U. in UK) or British Thermal Unit is used by engineers.
The BTU (in UK only) or Board of Trade Unit is used by bureaucrats.
Note. The Calorie (otherwise kilocalorie) is used to measure the heat content of foodstuffs or fuels. Note also that the capitalisation of Calorie is the only indication that it is 1000 times bigger than the calorie.
The most common units of heat are the Calorie, Joule and BTU (British thermal unit) heat is a form of energy. hence, the S.I. unit of heat is joule(J).
Heat is energy, and may be described in any unit of energy.
Examples:
calorie, Calorie, joule, BTU, newton-meter, foot-pound, dyne-centimeter, watt-second
Heat energy is measured in units of energy, for example Joules. F degrees C degrees
"Heat", as used in physics, is a type of energy. Therefore it is measured in energy units. The official SI unit for energy is the joule.
You use degrees
Joules(J).
The SI or international system of measurement base unit of mass is not the milliliter. The SI base unit of mass is the kilogram.
grams per liter is a measurement of density. A milliliter is a measurement of volume. They are not the same.
Centimeters
It is 0.0063 kilograms: a kg being the standard measurement unit for mass.
One gram. A gram is already a unit of measurement for weight.
Enthalpy is the measurement of heat, Joule (J) is the unit. Temperature is not a measurement of heat. Temperature has the unit Kelvin (K) or Celsius (oC)
Enthalpy is the measurement of heat, Joule (J) is the unit. Temperature is not a measurement of heat. Temperature has the unit Kelvin (K) or Celsius (oC)
Enthalpy is the measurement of heat, Joule (J) is the unit. Temperature is not a measurement of heat. Temperature has the unit Kelvin (K) or Celsius (oC)
Heat is a form of energy and so the appropriate unit is a Joule.
there are several types of heat measurement. BTU (British thermal unit) calorie, temp.
Met
It is the amount of heat required to change the temperature of a given unit by a given amount. In physics, the standard unit of measurement is the Joule per Kelvin.
Energy is measured in joules. Sometimes the older unit "calorie" is used instead - this is a unit defined on the basis of heat, but it is still a unit of energy.
unit of measurement
what is KGA in unit of a measurement
No, a pencil is not a unit of measurement.
It is a calorie