Calorie (cal)
The calorie is used for heat energy and often appears in nutrition and chemistry.
History: the calorie originated in heat science as a quantity of heat related to warming water.
Quickly convert calories to joules without lookup tables or manual math.
This page is focused on converting calories to joules. Type a number into the first field and the result appears immediately in the second field.
Example: 1 cal = 4.184 J. Conversion formula: result = value × 4.184 / 1.
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The calorie is used for heat energy and often appears in nutrition and chemistry.
History: the calorie originated in heat science as a quantity of heat related to warming water.
The joule is the SI unit of energy and connects mechanical work, heat, and electrical energy.
History: the joule is named after James Prescott Joule and is the SI unit of energy.
Enter a value in the Calorie field. The converter applies the formula "result = value × 4.184 / 1" and immediately shows the result in joules.
1 cal = 4.184 J.
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