What units are used to measure heat energy?

Answer 1

Heat energy is energy, so it's appropriate to describe quantities of it in units of energy.

The SI unit of energy is the Joule. There are also other units used for energy in different

forms, either out of tradition, or because it's more convenient. A few of those are . . .

- erg

- BTU

- watt-second

- volt-ampere

- kilowatt-hour

- calorie

- Calorie

Answer 2

Heat is just a form of energy, and its measurement can be described

in terms of any convenient unit of energy. A few choices include:

-- BTU

-- Calorie

-- Electron-volt

-- Erg

-- Foot-poundforce

-- Joule

-- Newton-meter

-- Coulomb-volt

-- Watt-second

-- Horsepower-hour

-- Kilowatt-hour

-- Rydberg

-- Therm

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

The most common units used to measure heat energy are joules (J) and calories (cal). In some contexts, other units such as British Thermal Units (BTU) or kilowatt-hours (kWh) may also be used.

Answer 5

the most common units for energy are joules and calories.

Answer 6

ergs and calories.

Additional Answer

In SI, all energy is measured in joules.

Answer 7

Joules or Calories or BTU (British Thermal Unit)

Answer 8

Ergs and Calories.

Be more specific on what kind of energy (kinetic, potential, mechanical, light, sound, electrical, or nuclear).

Answer 9

you use joules.

Answer 10

British thermal unit BTU and Calori