What is the unit of measurement for heat?

Answer 1

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 2

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

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

The unit of measurement for heat is typically the calorie (cal) or joule (J).

Answer 5

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).

Answer 6

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

Answer 7

Heat energy is measured in units of energy, for example Joules. F degrees C degrees

Answer 8

"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.

Answer 9

You use degrees

Answer 10

Joules(J).