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> On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>> Oops! That probably makes a difference! I think it's 1mL.
>
> Bzzt. A calorie is about 4.2 Joules and it's the amount of heat required
> to raise the temperature of a nominal cubic cm of H2O by 1 deg C (or K),
> well under its boiling temperature, and above its freezing temperature.
> If you do it in 1 second it's about 4.2 Watts for a second per degree. 1
> cu. cm of H2O weighs 1 gram and 1 cu. cm is 1 mililiter (all nominal,
> the exact value is different by <2% and depends on temperature).
>
> Peter


Thanks! I forgot the relationship between calories and Joules. I did that
as a science fair experiment in junior high school... a LONG time ago!

Harold

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