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Re: How many cc's in a litre? Could someone tell me if this is right, and finish?

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From: William T. Rankin
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 00:00
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In article <73oj31$b6r@enews3.newsguy.com>,
Vasos Panagiotopoulos +1-917-287-8087 Bioengineer-Financier <vjp2@dorsai.org @smtp.dorsai.org> wrote:
>In <365f5f74.7796863@206.183.226.250> by smc (smc@noplace.com) on Sat,
> 28 Nov 1998 02:44:41 GMT we perused:
>
>*+-If i remember correctly, one CALORIE is the amount of energy to raise
>*+-the temp of one cubic cm or gram of water 1 degree centegrade.

one gram.  1cc H2O == 1 gram only at ~4C.

>*+-
>*+-So, if we were to drink 1 litre of 15.5 deg. cent. water, how many
>*+-calories would we burn?

not many.  remember that "food calories" are actually kcals.

-b

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