Convert 8,500 Joules to Calories
How much energy is 8,500 joules? How many nutritional calories are in 8.5 thousand joules? 8,500 J to kcal conversion.
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8,500 Joules ≈
2.0315488 Nutritional Calories
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Result in Plain English
8,500 joules is equal to about 2.03 Calories.
Result as a Fraction
8,500 joules
= 2,125⁄1,046 Calories
In Scientific Notation
8,500 joules
= 8.5 x 103 joules
≈ 2.03155 x 100 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.