Convert calorie (th)/hour to kilocalorie (IT)/minute
Please provide values below to convert calorie (th)/hour [cal(th)/h] to kilocalorie (IT)/minute [kcal/min], or Convert kilocalorie (IT)/minute to calorie (th)/hour.
How to Convert Calorie (Th)/hour to Kilocalorie (It)/minute
1 cal(th)/h = 0.0166555204929779 kcal/min
Example: convert 15 cal(th)/h to kcal/min:
15 cal(th)/h = 15 × 0.0166555204929779 kcal/min = 0.249832807394669 kcal/min
Calorie (Th)/hour to Kilocalorie (It)/minute Conversion Table
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Calorie (Th)/hour
Calorie per hour (cal(th)/h) is a unit of power representing the amount of heat energy in calories transferred or used per hour.
History/Origin
The calorie, originally defined as the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C, has been used in various contexts including nutrition and physics. The 'th' denotes the thermochemical calorie, an older standard. The unit cal(th)/h has been used historically in thermodynamics and heat transfer measurements.
Current Use
Today, cal(th)/h is rarely used in modern scientific contexts, having been largely replaced by SI units like watts. However, it may still appear in legacy systems or specialized fields involving heat transfer calculations.
Kilocalorie (It)/minute
A unit of power representing the energy expended or transferred at a rate of one kilocalorie per minute.
History/Origin
The kilocalorie (kcal) has historically been used to measure energy in food and nutrition, while the minute as a time unit has been standard in timekeeping. Combining these, kcal/min was used to quantify power, especially in contexts like metabolic rates and energy expenditure, before the widespread adoption of the watt as the SI unit of power.
Current Use
The kcal/min is primarily used in fields such as physiology and sports science to express rates of energy expenditure, though it is less common today with the adoption of the watt (W) as the standard SI unit of power.