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Definition of Kilojoules
1. kilojoule [n] - See also: kilojoule
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kilojoules
Literary usage of Kilojoules
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"0539 in our system: the energy represented by the combustion of i gram of sugar
as 16.545 kilojoules, the large calories as equal to 4.179 kilojoules. ..."
2. Energy Changes Involved in the Dilution of Zinc and Cadmium Amalgams by Theodore William Richards, George Shannon Forbes (1906)
"On the other hand, knowing the heat of dilution on doubling the volume of a 0.91
per cent zinc amalgam to be • — 0.052 kilojoules (see page 55), ..."
3. The Medical student's manual of chemistry by Rudolph August Witthaus (1906)
"One kilojoule is equal to gram-calories, and one gram-calorie to 0.004183 kilojoules.
We will use gram-calories or kilojoules in expressing amounts of heat. ..."
4. Composition on Foods: Fast Foods (Raw, Processed, Prepared) by Lynn E. Dickey, John L. Weihrauch (1998)
"Food energy is expressed in terms of both kilocalories and kilojoules. One kilocalorie
equals 4.184 kilojoules. The data are for physiological energy and ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences by American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1902)
"The first small contraction is attended with an evolution of 0.65 kilojoules,
and the second larger one with the evolution of 114 kilojoules of heat energy. ..."
6. Composition of Foods: Breakfast Cereals: Raw, Processed, Prepared by Judith S. Douglass, Ruth H. Matthews, Frank N. Hepburn (1995)
"Food energy is expressed in terms of both kilocalories and kilojoules. ...
Kilo- calories were converted to kilojoules by use of the factor 4.184. ..."
7. The Chemistry of the Non-benzenoid Hydrocarbons and Their Simple Derivativesby Benjamin Talbott Brooks by Benjamin Talbott Brooks (1922)
"... find that the increase in the heat of combustion by substituting CH2 for a
hydrogen atom in a side chain is 648 ± 4 kilojoules, but when substituted for ..."
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