How many dekatherm in 1 gigajoule?
The answer is 0.94781707774915.
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The SI derived unit for energy is the joule.
1 joule is equal to 9.4781707774915E-10 dekatherm, or 1.0E-9 gigajoule.
Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results.
Use this page to learn how to convert between dekatherms and gigajoules.
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1 dekatherm to gigajoule = 1.05506 gigajoule
5 dekatherm to gigajoule = 5.27528 gigajoule
10 dekatherm to gigajoule = 10.55056 gigajoule
15 dekatherm to gigajoule = 15.82584 gigajoule
20 dekatherm to gigajoule = 21.10112 gigajoule
25 dekatherm to gigajoule = 26.3764 gigajoule
30 dekatherm to gigajoule = 31.65168 gigajoule
40 dekatherm to gigajoule = 42.20224 gigajoule
50 dekatherm to gigajoule = 52.7528 gigajoule
You can do the reverse unit conversion from gigajoule to dekatherm, or enter any two units below:
10 therms are known as a decatherm (sometimes, dekatherm commonly abbreviated Dth), which is 1000000 Btu.
Note in this case, we define this based on therm [Europe] not therm [U.S.] since the exact number is slightly different for each case.
The SI prefix "giga" represents a factor of 109, or in exponential notation, 1E9.
So 1 gigajoule = 109 joules.
The definition of a joule is as follows:
The joule (symbol J, also called newton meter, watt second, or coulomb volt) is the SI unit of energy and work. The unit is pronounced to rhyme with "tool", and is named in honor of the physicist James Prescott Joule (1818-1889).
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