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    Cal

    Conversions to other units

    1 cal_th | 4.184 J (joules) | 4.184×10^7 ergs (unit officially deprecated) | 0.001 Cal (dietary Calories) (unit officially deprecated) | 1000 mcal_th (thermochemical millicalories) (unit officially deprecated) | 0.001 kcal_th (thermochemical kilocalories) (unit officially deprecated) | 999.3 mcal_IT (millicalories (International Steam Table 1956)) (unit officially deprecated) | 0.9993 cal_IT (International Steam Table 1956 calories) (unit officially deprecated) | 998.6 mcal_mean (mean millicalories) (unit officially deprecated) | 0.9986 cal_mean (mean calories) (unit officially deprecated) | 1 cal_IUNS (IUNS calorie) (unit officially deprecated) | 0.003966 BTU_IT (IT British thermal units)

    Conversions from other units

    1 J | 0.239 cal_th 1 erg | 2.39×10^-8 cal_th 1 Cal | 1000 cal_th 1 mcal_th | 0.001 cal_th 1 kcal_th | 1000 cal_th 1 mcal_IT | 0.001001 cal_th 1 cal_IT | 1.001 cal_th 1 mcal_mean | 0.001001 cal_th 1 cal_mean | 1.001 cal_th 1 cal_IUNS | 0.9995 cal_th 1 BTU_IT | 252.2 cal_th

    Physical quantity

    energy

    amount of heat

    kinetic energy

    potential energy

    mechanical energy

    ionization energy

    work

    Common prefix forms

    thermochemical millicalorie (mcal_th) | thermochemical kilocalorie (kcal_th)

    Unit system

    (not in a named unit system)

    Unit status

    officially deprecated (International Astronomical Union Style Manual. Comm. 5 in IAU Transactions XXB, 1989, Table 6)

    unacceptable for use with SI (NIST Special Publication 1038, page 12, footnote 30 | NIST Special Publication 811, 2008 edition, Sec.5.3.2)

    Basic unit dimensions

    [mass] [length]^2 [time]^(-2)

    Corresponding quantity for 1 cal_th

    Relativistic mass m from E = mc^2: | 47 fg (femtograms) | 4.7×10^-17 kg (kilograms)

    Spectroscopic wavenumber for a photon from the Planck relation connecting spectroscopic wavenumber ν^~ with energy E = hcν^~: | 2.106×10^25 m^(-1) (reciprocal meters)

    Comparison for 1 cal_th as energy

    ≈ 100 × estimated energy of most energetic neutrino ever detected (2025) ( ≈ 200 PeV )

    Comparisons for 1 cal_th as work

    ≈ ( 0.04 ≈ 1/24 ) × approximate work done in moving 100 coulomb of charge between a potential difference of 1 volt ( ≈ 100 J )

    ≈ 4 × approximate work done in lifting a 100-gram apple vertically to a height of 1 meter ( ≈ 1 J )

    Comparisons for 1 cal_th as enthalpy

    ≈ -8.7×10^(-6) × enthalpy change when two moles of gaseous hydrogen combine with one mole of gaseous oxygen to form two moles of water vapor ( -483.6 kJ )

    ≈ -5.1×10^(-6) × enthalpy of formation of one mole of aqueous sulfuric acid ( -814000 J )

    ≈ -3.7×10^(-6) × enthalpy of formation of one mole of solid sodium carbonate ( ≈ -1.13×10^6 J )

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