Convert 5 Calories to Joules
How much energy is 5 Calories? How many joules are in 5 Calories? 5 kcal to J conversion.
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5 Nutritional Calories =
20,920 Joules
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Result in Plain English
5 Calories is equal to about 20.9 thousand joules.
In Scientific Notation
5 Calories
= 5 x 100 Calories
= 2.092 x 104 joules
Calories
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.
Joules
A joule is the standard unit of energy. On the surface of the Earth, it takes about 9.8 joules to lift a 1 kilogram object by 1 meter.