Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
For example, fat (triglyceride lipids) contains 9 kilocalories per gram (kcal/g), while carbohydrates (sugar and starch) and protein contain approximately 4 kcal/g. [29] Alcohol in food contains 7 kcal/g. [30] The "large" unit is also used to express recommended nutritional intake or consumption, as in "calories per day".
cal IT: ≡ 4.1868 J = 4.1868 J: calorie (mean) cal mean: 1 ⁄ 100 of the energy required to warm one gram of air-free water from 0 °C to 100 °C at a pressure of 1 atm ≈ 4.190 02 J: calorie (thermochemical) cal th: ≡ 4.184 J = 4.184 J: Calorie (US; FDA) Cal ≡ 1 kcal = 1000 cal = 4184 J: calorie (3.98 °C) cal 3.98 °C: ≈ 4.2045 J ...
Energy; system unit code (alternative) symbol or abbrev. notes sample default conversion combinations SI: yottajoule: YJ YJ 1.0 YJ (2.8 × 10 17 kWh) zettajoule: ZJ ZJ 1.0 ZJ (2.8 × 10 14 kWh)
Cal Cal The thermo-chemical calorie is the default definition. For others, see the full list. 1.0 Cal (4.2 kJ) megacalorie: Mcal Mcal 1.0 Mcal (4.2 MJ) kilocalorie: kcal kcal 1.0 kcal (4.2 kJ) calorie: cal cal 1.0 cal (4.2 J) millicalorie: mcal mcal 1.0 mcal (4.2 mJ) pound/ ounce-foot/ inch-hour-minute-second: foot-poundal: ftpdl ft⋅pdl
For an overall efficiency of 20%, one watt of mechanical power is equivalent to 18 kJ/h (4.3 kcal/h). For example, a manufacturer of rowing equipment shows calories released from "burning" food as four times the actual mechanical work, plus 1,300 kJ (300 kcal) per hour, [16] which amounts to about 20% efficiency at 250 watts of mechanical output.
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Costco (NASDAQ: COST) are both recession-resistant retailers. Walmart's scale enables it to sell its products at lower prices than many of its competitors, and it leverages ...
According to the FAO, the average minimum daily energy requirement is approximately 8,400 kilojoules (2,000 kcal) per adult and 4,200 kilojoules (1,000 kcal) a child. [3] This data is presented in kilojoules, as most countries today use the SI unit kilojoules as their primary measurement for food energy intake, [ 4 ] with the exception of the ...