Units of Heat - BTU, Calorie and Joule

The most common units of heat are BTU - British Thermal Unit, Calorie and Joule

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The most common units for heat are

BTU - British Thermal Unit

The unit of heat in the imperial system - the BTU - is

An item using one kilowatt-hour of electricity will generate 3412 BTU.

Calorie

A calorie is

The calorie is outdated and commonly replaced by the SI-unit Joule.

Joule

The unit of heat in the SI-system the Joule is

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