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  British thermal unit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The British thermal unit (BTU or Btu) is a unit of energy used in the United States.
A Btu is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound avoirdupois of water by one degree Fahrenheit.
The BTU is a unit of energy, and therefore not a unit of power, so while power can be measured in BTU-per-hour (BTU/h), it cannot be measured in BTU any more than it can be measured in milliseconds.
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 BTU - Basic Transmission Unit, British Thermal Unit
British Thermal Unit—A measure of heat energy; the amount needed to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit.
British Thermal Unit, the amount of energy required to raise one pound of water one degree Farenheit at 60°F, equivalent to 1055 joules or 252.1 calories.
A standard unit of measure equal to the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit at or near 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit.
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 British thermal unit - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The British thermal unit (BTU or Btu) is a non-metric unit of energy, used in the United States and, to a lesser extent, the UK (where it is generally only used for heating systems).
A BTU is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound avoirdupois of water by one degree Fahrenheit; specifying the temperature range over which this happens leads to a number of slightly different BTU values, varying over a range of about 0.5%:
The BTU is often used to describe the heat value of fuels, or the heating and cooling power of a system (such as a barbecue grill).
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 British Thermal Unit - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
British Thermal Unit, a unit of heat or energy, usually abbreviated as BTU.
One BTU was originally defined as the quantity of heat required to raise...
Fuel efficiency or heating value of a fuel is usually measured in terms of the thermal energy, or heat, evolved when a given amount of the fuel is...
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 British thermal unit
The British thermal unit (Btu) is a nonmetric unit of heat, used in the United States and, to a certain extent, the UK.
The SI unit is the joule (J), which is used by most other countries.
1 Btu is defined by the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound avoirdupois of water from 63
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 British thermal unit - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In the United States, the BTU is often used to describe the heat value of fuels, and the BTU per hour (often confusingly abbreviated to BTU) measures the heating and cooling power of a system (such as a barbecue grill).
joules, and the therm is defined in the United States and European Union as 100,000 BTU –but the U.S. uses the BTU
British thermal unit, Conversions, Associated units, See also, External links, Units of energy, Imperial units and Customary units in the United States.
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British thermal unit (BTU), unit of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 lb of water by one degree Fahrenheit (from 59.5° to 60.5°F).
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 British Thermal Unit (BTU), MBTU, MMBTU
A standard unit of measurement used to denote both the amount of heat energy in fuels and the ability of appliances and air conditioning systems to produce heating or cooling.
A BTU is the amount of heat required to increase the temperature of a pint of water (which weighs exactly 16 ounces) by one degree Fahrenheit.
MBTU is occasionally used as a standard unit of measurement for natural gas and provides a convenient basis for comparing the energy content of various grades of natural gas and other fuels.
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 Dr-Fix-It Defines British Thermal Unit ( BTU )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Their elegant solution was to define the thermal flow as a measurement of the effects of this thermal fluid.
The British Thermal Unit (BTU) was defined as the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit from 58.5 to 59.5 degrees Fahrenheit.
However, by that time, the BTU was ingrained in common use and is still in common use to this day.
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British thermal unit (th) per square foot hour
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 British Thermal Unit
British Thermal Unit : Unit of heat energy equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit at sea level.
The British Thermal Unit (Btu) is a precise measure of energy.
In the United States, the British Thermal Unit (Btu), a measure of heat energy,
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 What is British thermal unit? - a definition from Whatis.com - see also: Btu
The Btu is a measure in the so-called English system of units (the foot-pound-second system).
A Btu is equivalent to approximately 1055 joules (or 1055 watt-seconds).
The Btu is often used as a quantitative specification for the energy-producing or energy-transferring capability of heating and cooling systems such as furnaces, ovens, refrigerators, and air conditioners.
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 British thermal unit - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A pound (0.454 kilogram) of good coal when burned should yield 14,000 to 15,000 Btu; a pound of gasoline or other fuel oil, approximately 19,000 Btu.
Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "British thermal unit" at HighBeam.
Natural gas for September deliveries has risen past $5 per million British thermal units.(Price: factors affecting product cost)(Brief Article)
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 British thermal unit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A unit of energy, 1876–present, usually referred to as a Btu (pronounced “bee tee u”).
Originally defined as the quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 pound avoirdupois of air-free water 1°F under a constant pressure of 1 atmosphere, starting at the temperature at which water is most dense, 39.1°F. This is about the amount of energy released when the tip of a kitchen match burns.
The abbreviation B.T.U. was also used to identify units approved by the London Board of Trade, such as the B.T.U. ohm or B.
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 British thermal unit - Gurupedia
The British thermal unit (Btu, BTU) is a nonmetric unit of energy, used in the United States and, to a certain extent, the UK.
1 Btu is defined by the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound avoirdupois of water from 63 °F to 64 °F. It is often used to describe the heat value of fuels and heating and cooling system capacities.
joules, and the therm is defined in the United States and European Union as 100,000 BTU.
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 British Thermal Unit - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Btu, unit for measuring heat quantity in the customary system of English units of measurement
The Btu may also be defined for the temperature difference between 59°F; and 60°F;.
One Btu is approximately equivalent to the following: 251.9 calories; 778.26 foot-pounds; 1055 joules; 107.5 kilogram-meters; 0.0002928 kilowatt-hours.
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 British thermal unit
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Btu tax could slap California with a $3-billion energy bill.
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 British thermal unit definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
British thermal unit definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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heat measurement unit: the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit, equal to approximately 1055 joules
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 British thermal unit
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The British thermal unit (BTU) is a non-metric unit of energy, used in the United States and, to a certain extent, the UK.
IT The most widespread BTU, uses the International [Steam] Table (IT) calorie, itself defined for water at 14.5°C (58.1°F) by the Fifth International Conference on the Properties of Steam, held in London in July 1956.
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The BTU is a standard measure of the heat-producing capabilities of heating appliances, furnaces and fuels.
It is defined as being equivalent to 251.996 calories, 778.26 ft-lb, or in electrical units, approximately one-third watt-hours.
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 AllRefer.com - British thermal unit (Physics) - Encyclopedia
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