Energy Conversions
A nutritional
Calorie, or kilocalorie, is commonly used in food labeling. It is equal to 4.184 kilojoules. The average American consumes about 2,700 kilocalories per day.
A
kilojoule is 1,000 joules. In some countries, food is labeled in Kilojoules, much like Kilocalories are used in the United States.
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Energy Conversion Tables
(some results are rounded)
| 1 BTU = |
|---|
| 1.0551 x 1010 ergs |
| 8.7719 x 10-6 gallons of gas |
| 1,055.1 joules |
| 0.25216 kilocalories |
| 1.0551 kilojoules |
| 0.00029307 kilowatt hours |
| 252.16 calories |
| 1 Erg = |
|---|
| 9.4782 x 10-11 btus |
| 8.3142 x 10-16 gallons of gas |
| 1 x 10-7 joules |
| 2.3901 x 10-11 kilocalories |
| 1 x 10-10 kilojoules |
| 2.7778 x 10-14 kilowatt hours |
| 2.3901 x 10-8 calories |
| 1 Gallon of Gas = |
|---|
| 114,000 btus |
| 1.2028 x 1015 ergs |
| 120,276,384 joules |
| 28,747 kilocalories |
| 120,276 kilojoules |
| 33.410 kilowatt hours |
| 28,746,746 calories |
| 1 Joule = |
|---|
| 0.00094782 btus |
| 10,000,000 ergs |
| 8.3142 x 10-9 gallons of gas |
| 0.00023901 kilocalories |
| 0.001 kilojoules |
| 2.7778 x 10-7 kilowatt hours |
| 0.23901 calories |
| 1 Kilocalorie = |
|---|
| 3.9657 btus |
| 4.184 x 1010 ergs |
| 3.4787 x 10-5 gallons of gas |
| 4,184 joules |
| 4.184 kilojoules |
| 0.0011622 kilowatt hours |
| 1,000 calories |
| 1 Kilojoule = |
|---|
| 0.94782 btus |
| 1 x 1010 ergs |
| 8.3142 x 10-6 gallons of gas |
| 1,000 joules |
| 0.23901 kilocalories |
| 0.00027778 kilowatt hours |
| 239.01 calories |
| 1 Kilowatt Hour = |
|---|
| 3,412.1 btus |
| 3.6 x 1013 ergs |
| 0.029931 gallons of gas |
| 3,600,000 joules |
| 860.42 kilocalories |
| 3,600 kilojoules |
| 860,421 calories |
| 1 calorie = |
|---|
| 0.0039657 btus |
| 41,840,000 ergs |
| 3.4787 x 10-8 gallons of gas |
| 4.184 joules |
| 0.001 kilocalories |
| 0.004184 kilojoules |
| 1.1622 x 10-6 kilowatt hours |