Clausius (unit)

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The Clausius ( unit symbol : Cl ) is an outdated and (since 1978 ) no longer legal unit of entropy . It is named after the discoverer of entropy, the German physicist Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius .

1 Cl = 1 cal / degree = 4.1868 Joule / Kelvin (J / K)

Depending on the underlying definition of the calorie , the Clausius also had a different value in SI units .

literature

Peter Kurzweil: The Vieweg unit lexicon: formulas and terms from physics, chemistry and technology . Vieweg + Teubner Verlag, March 9, 2013, ISBN 978-3-322-92920-4 , p. 78.