20 cal to ft·lbf — 20 calories in foot-pounds
Exact 20 × 3.08596 = 61.719201
20 calories in other units
| Joules | 83.68 | J |
|---|---|---|
| Kilojoules | 0.08368 | kJ |
| Megajoules | 0.00008368 | MJ |
| Watt-hours | 0.02324444 | Wh |
| Kilowatt-hours | 0.000023244444 | kWh |
| Kilocalories | 0.02 | kcal |
| British thermal units | 0.07931334 | BTU |
| Therms | 7.9313e-7 | thm |
| Foot-pounds | 61.719201 | ft·lbf |
| Electronvolts | 522,289,479,350,876,700,672 | eV |
cal to ft·lbf at a glance
| Calories | Foot-pounds |
|---|---|
| 1 cal | 3.08596 ft·lbf |
| 2 cal | 6.17192 ft·lbf |
| 3 cal | 9.25788 ft·lbf |
| 5 cal | 15.4298 ft·lbf |
| 10 cal | 30.8596 ft·lbf |
| 20 cal | 61.719201 ft·lbf |
| 25 cal | 77.149001 ft·lbf |
| 50 cal | 154.298002 ft·lbf |
| 100 cal | 308.596003 ft·lbf |
| 250 cal | 771.490008 ft·lbf |
| 500 cal | 1,542.98 ft·lbf |
| 1,000 cal | 3,085.96 ft·lbf |
How to convert calories to foot-pounds
Multiply by 3.08596 — one calorie is 3.08596 foot-pounds. That factor is exact: it comes from the definition of the units rather than from a measurement, so it will not change and does not need rounding.
Working 20 × 3.08596 = 61.719201
In words: about sixty-two foot-pounds.
What these units are
The calorie and the foot-pound are covered in the energy unit guide, along with every other unit on this page.
Questions
How many foot-pounds are in a calorie?
One calorie is 3.08596 foot-pounds. This figure is exact — it comes from the definition of the unit, not a measurement.
What is 20 calories in foot-pounds?
20 calories is 61.719201 foot-pounds. The working is 20 × 3.08596 = 61.719201.
Is a food Calorie the same as a calorie?
No — it is a thousand of them. The Calorie on a nutrition label is a kilocalorie, written with a capital C in principle and almost never in practice. A 250 Calorie chocolate bar holds 250,000 physics calories, or about 1,046 kilojoules, which is why European labels quote kJ alongside.
What does a kilowatt-hour actually represent?
One kilowatt drawn for one hour — a 1,000 W heater running for sixty minutes, or a 100 W bulb for ten hours. It is the unit your electricity bill is priced in, and it equals exactly 3.6 million joules.
How much energy is one BTU?
Roughly the heat needed to raise one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit — about 1,055 joules, or the energy in a single kitchen match. Air conditioners are rated in BTU per hour, where a 12,000 BTU/h unit is one "ton" of cooling and draws around 3.5 kW of heat.
Why is the electronvolt so small?
Because it is sized for single particles: it is the energy one electron picks up crossing a one-volt potential difference. At about 1.6 × 10⁻¹⁹ joules it would be absurd for anything larger, which is precisely why particle physics uses it instead of dragging around twenty leading zeros.