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calorific value
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calorific value
n.
The calories or thermal units contained in one unit of a substance and released when the substance is burned.

calorific value
n
(Mathematics & Measurements / Units) the quantity of heat produced by the complete combustion of a given mass of a fuel, usually expressed in joules per kilogram
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Calorific values range from 6,463 Kj/Kg to 18,469 Kj/Kg on a Dry Basis,” says Weststar.
The initial components (Table 2) for mixtures were prepared, and calorific values and content of combustible part were measured in the Central Laboratory of Oil Shale Mining Company (AS Eesti Polevkivi).
The most common calorimeter is the bomb calorimeter, which determines the heat of combustion or calorific values of materials in a constant-volume container-a bomb.
 
 
 
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