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calorie
Non-SI unit of energy. There are three differently defined calories: thermochemical calorie (Math - ei), international steam table calorie (Math - ei), Math - text calorie (Math - ei), however only the symbol Math - text is usually used.
Source:
Green Book, p. 112
PAC, 1996, 68, 957 (Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)) on page 964
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Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/C00784.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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