Convert 500 Joules to Calories
How much energy is 500 joules? How many nutritional calories are in 500 joules? 500 J to kcal conversion.
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500 Joules ≈
0.11950287 Nutritional Calories
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Result in Plain English
500 joules is equal to about 0.120 Calories.
To a Percentage
500 joules ≈ 12.0% of a Calorie.
Result as a Fraction
500 joules
= 125⁄1,046 Calories
In Scientific Notation
500 joules
= 5 x 102 joules
≈ 1.19503 x 10-1 Calories
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.
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.