British thermal unit, Energy

The British thermal unit (BTU or Btu) is a unit of energy used in North America. It is also still occasionally encountered in the United Kingdom, in the context of older heating and cooling systems. Read more >>

I want to convert:

Metric

kWh
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MJ
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kJ
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J
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Ws
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eV
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British/American

Quad
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Therm
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British thermal unit
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Foot-pound
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Other

kcal
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cal
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Thermie
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Broadly speaking, energy refers to "the potential for causing a change". There are different forms of energy. Many forms of energy refer to changes in movement of objects or their potential for causing other kinds of change. Hence, in the real world, energy can be viewed as the ability to perform an action. Read more >>