British-thermal-unit (Library of Units and Constants

Name:
British-thermal-unit
(convert British-thermal-unit to new units)

Abbreviation:
Btu

Other Names:
British-thermal-unit-IT, Btu-IT, BThU, BThU-IT

Quantity:
energy

Belongs to:
British-thermal-unit Group

Metric (SI) Equivalents:
1.0550558526 kilo joules
1.0550558526 kilo newton meters
1055.0558526 meter^2 kilograms / second^2

Metric (SI) Dimensions:
length^2 × mass × time^-2

Description in Terms of
Other Units and Constants:
calorie (pound-mass / gram) (degree-Fahrenheit / degree-Celsius)

Notes:
(1) The "IT" suffix indicates that this is the International Steam Table definition.
(2) The metric (SI) equivalents above were calculated from exact values using double-precision arithmetic.


Name:	British-thermal-unit (convert British-thermal-unit to new units)
Abbreviation:	Btu
Other Names:	British-thermal-unit-IT, Btu-IT, BThU, BThU-IT
Quantity:	energy
Belongs to:	British-thermal-unit Group
Metric (SI) Equivalents:	1.0550558526 kilo joules 1.0550558526 kilo newton meters 1055.0558526 meter^2 kilograms / second^2
Metric (SI) Dimensions:	length^2 × mass × time^-2
Description in Terms of Other Units and Constants:	calorie (pound-mass / gram) (degree-Fahrenheit / degree-Celsius)
Notes:	(1) The "IT" suffix indicates that this is the International Steam Table definition. (2) The metric (SI) equivalents above were calculated from exact values using double-precision arithmetic.

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