How many calories do you get by burning a liter of gasoline?

2006-08-30 17:04:48 · 1 answers · asked by Pseudo Obscure 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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A gallon of gasoline has about 120,000 BTU. Convert BTU to calories by multiplying by 1,055 to get joules, then dividing by 4.1868 to get gram-calories. Divide by 3.78 to convert gallons to liters. (Yuck!)

2006-08-30 17:17:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

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