calories to Ergs - Convert cal to erg

calories (cal) Conversion

A calorie is a unit of energy. There are two main categories and other various distinctions. The first category is the small calorie or gram calorie (written with lower-case ‘c’, expressed with the symbol ‘cal’ ) is defined as the amount of heat or energy required at one atmosphere pressure to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius. The other category, the large Calorie (with upper case letter ‘C’) also kilogram calorie (indicated with symbols: Cal, kcal) is expressed in terms of the kilogram, not the gram and so the definition is similar – the energy required at a pressure of one atmosphere to increase the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. The second ones are the calories a person gains by eating. They are also called food calories.

Ergs (erg) Conversion

Erg is a unit of energy or work in the CGS metric system (but not in the SI system). It is defined as the quantity of work done by a force of one dyne applied on a distance of one centimeter and equals 0.1 microjoules. The name of the unit originates from the Greek word ergon which means work.