Preferred Label : Mean Calorie;
NCIt related terms : calorie (mean); cal_m;
NCIt definition : A non-SI unit of energy defined as one hundredth of the quantity of heat required
to raise the temperature of one gram of pure water by one hundred degrees (from 0
to 100 C or from 273.15 to 373.15 K) at the constant pressure of 101.325 kPa or one
atm. A value defined for the mean calorie is 4.1897 J. According to the current national
standard in the United States (IEEE/ASTM SI 10TM 2002. American National Standard
for Use of the International System of Units (SI): The Modern Metric System, New York:
IEEE, 2002) the calorie in any form is not to be used. Joules should be used instead.;
Codes from synonyms : 13036;
Origin ID : C68849;
UMLS CUI : C1552970;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
