Calories to Foot-pounds Converter
How to convert calories to foot-pounds
foot-pounds = calories × 3.08596003
To convert calories to foot-pounds, multiply the number of calories by 3.08596003.
1 cal = 3.08596003 ft·lbf
Examples
- One kilocalorie, or one food Calorie: 1,000 cal × 3.08596003 = 3,085.96003 ft·lbf
- 500 cal × 3.08596003 = 1,542.98002 ft·lbf
Good to know
This is the thermochemical calorie, exactly 4.184 J. It is the small calorie: the "Calories" on food labels are kilocalories, 1000 times larger. The International Table calorie (4.1868 J) is slightly different.
This is the foot-pound as a unit of energy. The same name is commonly used for torque (properly the pound-foot, lbf·ft), which is a different quantity and converts to newton-meters, not joules.
Calories to foot-pounds conversion table
| Calories (cal) | Foot-pounds (ft·lbf) |
|---|---|
| 1 cal | 3.08596003 ft·lbf |
| 2 cal | 6.17192007 ft·lbf |
| 5 cal | 15.4298002 ft·lbf |
| 10 cal | 30.8596003 ft·lbf |
| 20 cal | 61.7192007 ft·lbf |
| 50 cal | 154.298002 ft·lbf |
| 100 cal | 308.596003 ft·lbf |
| 200 cal | 617.192007 ft·lbf |
| 250 cal | 771.490008 ft·lbf |
| 500 cal | 1,542.98002 ft·lbf |
| 1,000 cal | 3,085.96003 ft·lbf |
| 2,000 cal | 6,171.92007 ft·lbf |
| 2,500 cal | 7,714.90008 ft·lbf |
| 5,000 cal | 15,429.8002 ft·lbf |
| 10,000 cal | 30,859.6003 ft·lbf |
Unit definitions
- Calorie (cal)
- The thermochemical calorie is defined as exactly 4.184 joules, roughly the energy needed to heat one gram of water by one degree Celsius.
- Foot-pound (ft·lbf)
- A foot-pound (foot-pound force) is the work done by a force of one pound-force over a distance of one foot, exactly 1.3558179483314004 joules. It is used in the United States for muzzle energy and mechanical work.