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samtrab
May 13, 2009, 04:22 PM
Hopw many Btu's are required to convert a pound of water at 212% at sea level?

Perito
May 13, 2009, 06:15 PM
The heat of vaporization of water is 40.65 Kilojoules/Mole or 2257 Kilojoules/Kg. You can convert that to BTU/Lb.

2257\,\frac {KJoules}{Kg} \times \frac {BTU}{KJoule} \times \frac {Kg}{Lb}= ?? \frac {BTU}{Lb}