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A calorie is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius.
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Is it true that a calorie is the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius?
Yes. Multiple authoritative reference texts confirm that a (small) calorie is defined as the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius.
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Wikipedia: Calorie. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calorie
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States one calorie is the heat required to increase one gram of water by one Celsius degree.
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LibreTexts: LibreTexts: 6.05%3A Thermal Energy. (n.d.). LibreTexts. https://eng.libretexts.org/Courses/Berea_College/Energy_and_Environment/06%3A_Energy/6.05%3A_Thermal_Energy
Defines a chemistry calorie as the energy required to raise one gram of pure water by one degree Celsius.
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OpenStax: OpenStax College Physics for AP® Courses: 15.1 The First Law of Thermodynamics. (n.d.). OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/college-physics-ap-courses/pages/2499fe6d-41be-4e32-83b0-d93bf558ae47@
Defines 1 calorie as the amount of heat required to raise one gram of water one degree Celsius.
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Wikibooks: Wikibooks: General Biology/Cells/Energy and Metabolism. (n.d.). Wikibooks. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/General_Biology/Cells/Energy_and_Metabolism
States the small calorie approximates the energy needed to increase 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius.
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Wikiversity: Wikiversity: Materials Science and Engineering/Glossary of Terms. (n.d.). Wikiversity. https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Materials_Science_and_Engineering/Glossary_of_Terms
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