What is calorie (thermochemical)?

The thermochemical calorie is a unit of energy equal to approximately 4.184 joules. It is used in chemistry and physics to express small heat quantities, particularly in thermochemical experiments.

What is joule?

The joule is the SI base unit of energy. It is the standard unit for work, heat, and electrical energy in physics, engineering, and scientific measurement worldwide.

Worked examples

1 calorie (thermochemical) = 4.184 joule

1 joule = 1 joule

More Energy conversions

• Convert calorie (thermochemical) to joule
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• Convert calorie (thermochemical) to British thermal unit
• Convert calorie (thermochemical) to therm (US)

Assumption: calorie means thermochemical calorie, and therm means US therm.