Specific Heat Converter (kJ/kg·K, BTU/lb·°F)
Specific Heat Converter (kJ/kg·K, BTU/lb·°F): convert between 6 specific heat capacity units, for example 1 BTU/(lb·°F) = 4.1868 kJ/(kg·K).
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1 BTU/(lb·°F) = 4.1868 kJ/(kg·K)
| Unit | Value |
|---|---|
| BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit to joule per kilogram kelvin | 4186.8 J/(kg·K) |
| BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit to kilojoule per kilogram kelvin | 4.1868 kJ/(kg·K) |
| BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit to joule per gram kelvin | 4.1868 J/(g·K) |
| BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit to calorie per gram degree Celsius | 1 cal/(g·°C) |
| BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit to kilocalorie per kilogram degree Celsius | 1 kcal/(kg·°C) |
| BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit (BTU/(lb·°F)) | 1 BTU/(lb·°F) |
Convert specific heat capacity between J/(kg·K), kJ/(kg·K), J/(g·K), cal/(g·°C), kcal/(kg·°C) and BTU/(lb·°F). 1 BTU/(lb·°F) = 1 kcal/(kg·°C) = 1 cal/(g·°C) = 4.1868 kJ/(kg·K) exactly (International Table units).
Typical values
Water 4.18 kJ/(kg·K), ice 2.1, steam about 2.0, air 1.005 (cp), concrete 0.88, aluminium 0.90, steel 0.46–0.49, copper 0.385. A kelvin step equals a degree Celsius step, so J/(kg·K) and J/(kg·°C) are the same.
Specific Heat Capacity unit definitions
- joule per kilogram kelvin (J/(kg·K))
- The joule per kilogram kelvin is the SI unit of specific heat capacity: the heat needed to warm one kilogram by one kelvin. Water is 4186 J/(kg·K), air 1005, aluminium 900 and steel about 490.
- kilojoule per kilogram kelvin (kJ/(kg·K))
- Kilojoules per kilogram kelvin are the working unit of thermodynamics tables and GATE questions: cp of air 1.005 kJ/(kg·K), water 4.187, steam about 2.0.
- calorie per gram degree Celsius (cal/(g·°C))
- Calories per gram degree Celsius come from the definition of the calorie: water has a specific heat of 1 cal/(g·°C). Using the International Table calorie this is 4.1868 kJ/(kg·K). Reference: International Table calorie (4.1868 J).
- BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit (BTU/(lb·°F))
- BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit is the US specific heat unit. By the definitions of the BTU and the International Table calorie, 1 BTU/(lb·°F) = 1 kcal/(kg·°C) = 4.1868 kJ/(kg·K): water is 1, air 0.24, steel 0.12.
- joule per gram kelvin (J/(g·K))
- Joules per gram kelvin (or per gram degree Celsius) are the chemistry-class unit of specific heat: water is 4.18 J/(g·°C). The number equals kJ/(kg·K).
- kilocalorie per kilogram degree Celsius (kcal/(kg·°C))
- Kilocalories per kilogram degree Celsius are the MKS heat unit still found in Indian process-industry and refrigeration texts; numerically the same as cal/(g·°C) and BTU/(lb·°F). Reference: International Table calorie (4.1868 J).
Popular specific heat capacity conversions
- kilojoule per kilogram kelvin to BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit
- joule per gram kelvin to calorie per gram degree Celsius
- calorie per gram degree Celsius to joule per kilogram kelvin
- kilocalorie per kilogram degree Celsius to kilojoule per kilogram kelvin
- BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit to kilojoule per kilogram kelvin
Show all 30 specific heat capacity conversions
From joules per kilogram kelvin
- joule per kilogram kelvin to kilojoule per kilogram kelvin
- joule per kilogram kelvin to joule per gram kelvin
- joule per kilogram kelvin to calorie per gram degree Celsius
- joule per kilogram kelvin to kilocalorie per kilogram degree Celsius
- joule per kilogram kelvin to BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit
From kilojoules per kilogram kelvin
- kilojoule per kilogram kelvin to joule per kilogram kelvin
- kilojoule per kilogram kelvin to joule per gram kelvin
- kilojoule per kilogram kelvin to calorie per gram degree Celsius
- kilojoule per kilogram kelvin to kilocalorie per kilogram degree Celsius
- kilojoule per kilogram kelvin to BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit
From joules per gram kelvin
From calories per gram degree Celsius
- calorie per gram degree Celsius to joule per kilogram kelvin
- calorie per gram degree Celsius to kilojoule per kilogram kelvin
- calorie per gram degree Celsius to joule per gram kelvin
- calorie per gram degree Celsius to kilocalorie per kilogram degree Celsius
- calorie per gram degree Celsius to BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit
From kilocalories per kilogram degree Celsius
- kilocalorie per kilogram degree Celsius to joule per kilogram kelvin
- kilocalorie per kilogram degree Celsius to kilojoule per kilogram kelvin
- kilocalorie per kilogram degree Celsius to joule per gram kelvin
- kilocalorie per kilogram degree Celsius to calorie per gram degree Celsius
- kilocalorie per kilogram degree Celsius to BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit
From BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit
- BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit to joule per kilogram kelvin
- BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit to kilojoule per kilogram kelvin
- BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit to joule per gram kelvin
- BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit to calorie per gram degree Celsius
- BTU per pound degree Fahrenheit to kilocalorie per kilogram degree Celsius
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Sources
- The International System of Units (SI), 9th edition (SI Brochure), Bureau International des Poids et Mesures.
- Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI), NIST Special Publication 811, 2008 Edition, National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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