International Steam Table Calorie

**Semantic type:** Quantitative Concept

**Definition:** A non-SI unit of energy defined by the Fifth International Conference on the Properties of Steam, London, 1956, as 1/860 x international watt hour or joule, or to 4.1868 joules exactly. 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.

**Synonyms:** - International Table Calorie - cal IT - cal_IT - cal_IT - cal_IT - calorie (intl. table) - calorie IT - international table calorie - international table calorie