Convert Calories per Second to Ergs per Second
Convert Calories per Second (cal/s) to Ergs per Second (erg/s) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
erg/s = cal/s × 41868000
About Calories per Second
One calorie per second (cal/s) = exactly 4.1868 W. It bridges thermochemistry and power: bomb calorimeters and reaction calorimeters characterise exothermic events by cal/s during the reaction interval. Food science uses cal/s to model heat transfer into food during frying or roasting. Since 1 kcal/s = 4,186.8 W, kilocalories per second appear in high-intensity industrial dryers and continuous-flow reactor heat duties. 1 cal/s = 4.1868 W.
About Ergs per Second
An erg per second (erg/s) is the CGS unit of power - exactly 10⁻⁷ W. Despite SI adoption, erg/s persists in astrophysics: the Sun's total luminosity is 3.828 × 10³³ erg/s; a peak supernova radiates ~10⁴³ erg/s - more power than the Sun emits over its 10-billion-year lifetime. X-ray binaries, active galactic nuclei, and neutron star accretion rates are catalogued in erg/s across decades of archival literature. 1 erg/s = 10⁻⁷ W.
Quick Reference Table
| Calories per Second (cal/s) | Ergs per Second (erg/s) |
|---|---|
| 1 cal/s | 41868000 erg/s |
| 2 cal/s | 83736000 erg/s |
| 5 cal/s | 209340000 erg/s |
| 10 cal/s | 418680000 erg/s |
| 25 cal/s | 1.047 × 109 erg/s |
| 50 cal/s | 2.093 × 109 erg/s |
| 100 cal/s | 4.187 × 109 erg/s |