Question

What is calorific value

Answer 1

The heating value (or energy value or calorific value) of a substance, usually a fuel or food (see food energy), is the amount of heat released during the combustion of a specified amount of it. The energy value is a characteristic for each substance.

Answer 2

Calorific value is the amount of heat energy liberated by burning 1 kg of fuel in pure oxygen.

Formula to find calorific value is
Kg/Kj

SI unit of calorific value is
Joules


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