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Heat Density Converter

Convert heat density units such as J/m2, calorie per square centimeter, langley, and Btu per square foot.

About this converter

Heat density expresses heat energy over an area, which is useful for thermal exposure, radiant energy, and surface heat-transfer comparisons. It includes calorie, langley, and Btu-based forms.

The base unit for this converter is joule-per-square-meter, which lets us map each unit into one consistent formula layer before converting to the target unit.

Quick examples

1000 J/m^2 to cal (th)/cm^20.0239005736137667 cal (th)/cm^2
1000 J/m^2 to Ly0.0239005736137667 Ly
1000 cal (th)/cm^2 to J/m^241,840,000 J/m^2
1000 cal (th)/cm^2 to Ly1,000 Ly
1000 Ly to J/m^241,840,000 J/m^2
1000 Ly to cal (th)/cm^21,000 cal (th)/cm^2
1000 Btu (IT)/ft^2 to J/m^211,356,526.682227 J/m^2
1000 Btu (IT)/ft^2 to cal (th)/cm^2271.427501965272 cal (th)/cm^2

Available units

Joule per square meter

J/m^2

The SI-style heat density unit used as this converter's base.

Calorie (th) per square centimeter

cal (th)/cm^2

A thermochemical calorie heat density unit.

Langley

Ly

A historical solar radiation and heat-density unit.

Btu (IT) per square foot

Btu (IT)/ft^2

A US customary heat density unit using the International Table Btu.

Btu (th) per square foot

Btu (th)/ft^2

A thermochemical Btu heat density unit.