Foot Pounds to Calories Converter

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Joules, calories, kilowatt-hours and more.

How to convert Foot Pounds to Calories

Multiply the foot pounds value by 0.324048: 1 ft⋅lb = 0.324048 cal. Going the other way, 1 cal = 3.08596 ft⋅lb, so divide by 0.324048 or use the Calories to Foot Pounds converter.

About these units

Foot Pounds (ft⋅lb)

A foot-pound is the work done by a force of one pound-force acting through one foot, about 1.356 joules. The same name is also used for torque.

Calories (cal)

The calorie used here is the thermochemical calorie, exactly 4.184 joules, roughly the energy needed to warm one gram of water by one degree Celsius. Food calories are actually kilocalories.

Foot Pounds to Calories conversion table

Foot Pounds (ft⋅lb)Calories (cal)
1 ft⋅lb0.324048 cal
2 ft⋅lb0.648097 cal
3 ft⋅lb0.972145 cal
4 ft⋅lb1.29619 cal
5 ft⋅lb1.62024 cal
10 ft⋅lb3.24048 cal
20 ft⋅lb6.48097 cal
25 ft⋅lb8.10121 cal
50 ft⋅lb16.2024 cal
100 ft⋅lb32.4048 cal
500 ft⋅lb162.024 cal
1,000 ft⋅lb324.048 cal

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