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Offline brwagur

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kcal/mol to celsius
« on: July 29, 2007, 06:15:55 PM »
Is there any way to convert kcal/mol to degrees celsius?

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Re: kcal/mol to celsius
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2007, 07:06:00 PM »
These two units measure different types of quantities.  kcal/mol is a measurement of energy per mole.  Degree celcius is a measure of temperature.  However, you can think of temperature as representing a certain amount of thermal energy.  To figure out the thermal energy available at a certain temperature, just convert the temperature to kelvin then multiply by R (the gas constant ~8.31J/mol*K).  Then just convert joules to kcal (1 cal = 4.19J, 1 kcal=1000 cal)

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Re: kcal/mol to celsius
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2007, 07:30:58 PM »
OK, thanks :)

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