...Fuels," and the weight of gases calculated from the weight of air as determined by Regnault and afterward corrected for slight errors. By the calorific or heating...calorific value is ordinarily expressed in heat units per cub)c foot. In the case of liquids and solids, the heating value is expressed in heat units per pound....

...Fuels," and the weight of gases calculated from the weight of air as determined by Regnault and afterward corrected for slight errors. By the calorific or heating...the total number of heat units that are developed b\- the complete oxidation of all the combustible materials contained in unit weight or unit volume...

...power, or calorific value, of a substance ? How is the heating power of a substance determined? Ans. By the calorific or heating value of a fuel is meant...ordinarily expressed in heat units per cubic foot. Thus hydrogen has a heating value of 326.2 Btu (British thermal units) per cubic foot. In other words,...

...carbon and oxygen, so that fuels rich in hydrogen have high " calorific " values. By the calorific value of a fuel is meant the total number of heat units evolved during the complete combustion of unit weight (1 Ib.) of the fuel. In the following considerations...

...in hydrogen should have high " Calorific " values. Here it should be explained that by the calorific value of a fuel is meant the total number of heat units evolved during the jombustion of unit weight of the fuel. In the following considerations the atomic...