Convert 4,000 Gallons of Gas to BTUs
How much energy is 4,000 gallons of gas? How many BTUs are in 4 thousand gallons of gas? 4,000 gal to BTU conversion.
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4,000 Gallons of Gas =
456,000,000 BTUs
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Result in Plain English
4,000 gallons of gas is equal to exactly 456 million BTUs.
In Scientific Notation
4,000 gallons of gas
= 4 x 103 gallons of gas
= 4.56 x 108 BTUs
Gallons of Gas
A U.S. gallon of gasoline contains 114,000 BTUs of energy, or about 120 million joules.
BTUs
A British thermal unit is the amount of energy required to heat a pound of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit. This can vary slightly depending on the temperature of the water, therefore different estimates for the BTU exist. The International Standards Organization defines a BTU as 1055.056 joules.