Assertion: heat's unit | /r/HasProperty | btu
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text: The two units of heat most commonly used are the calorie and the British thermal unit (BTU).
text: However, in many applied fields in engineering the British thermal unit (BTU) and the calorie are often used.
text: Professionals in construction, civil engineering, chemical engineering, and other technical disciplines, especially in the United States, may use the so-called English Engineering units, that include the Imperial pound (lb = 0.45459237 kg) as the unit of mass, the degree Fahrenheit or Rankine (5/9 K, about 0.55556 K) as the unit of temperature increment, and the British thermal unit (BTU ≈ 1055.06 J), as the unit of heat.
text: Common units of measurement by volume are cubic metre or cubic feet at standard conditions or by heat content in kilowatt hours, British thermal units (BTU) or therm, which is equal to 100,000 BTU.
text: Professionals in construction, civil engineering, chemical engineering, and other technical disciplines, especially in the United States, may use the so-called English Engineering units, that include the Imperial pound (lb = 0.45459237 kg) as the unit of mass, the degree Fahrenheit or Rankine (°F = 5/9 K, about 0.555556 K) as the unit of temperature increment, and the British thermal unit (BTU ≈ 1055.06 J), as the unit of heat.
text: Less often, the British thermal unit (Btu) is used.
text: In engineering applications, the unit of heat is the British thermal unit (Btu).
text: Other units you are likely to encounter for heat include the calorie (cal), British thermal units (btu) and the erg.