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Yes, that's the unit I meant.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, 2003-01-31 4:40
Subject: [USMA:24698] Re: Still another
'heat unit'
2003-01-30
You mean this one?
Celsius heat unit (Chu)
a unit of heat energy equal to the energy required to raise the
temperature of one pound of water by 1�C at standard atmospheric pressure. 1
Chu is equal to exactly 1.8 Btu, approximately
453.59 IT calories (see above), or 1.8991 kilojoules. The unit
is also called the centigrade heat unit.
John
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, 2003-01-29 15:40
Subject: [USMA:24693] Still another 'heat
unit'
> There was (or
maybe still is) also the CHU: Centigrade heat unit, one of
> these half
metric/half USC bastard units. A CHU was or still is the amount
> of
heat needed to raise the temperature of one pound avoirdupois of water
by
> one degree Celsius.
>
> Han
>
>
>
----- Original Message -----
> From: kilopascal
> To: U.S. Metric
Association
> Sent: Wednesday, 2003-01-29 6:17
> Subject:
[USMA:24665] Re: POWER Not SI
>
>
> 2003-01-29
>
> British thermal unit (Btu)
> a unit of heat energy defined as
the amount of heat required to raise the
> temperature of one pound of
water by one degree Fahrenheit.
>
> <snip>
>
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