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  2. Units of energy - Wikipedia

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    Energy is defined via work, so the SI unit of energy is the same as the unit of work – the joule (J), named in honour of James Prescott Joule [1] and his experiments on the mechanical equivalent of heat. In slightly more fundamental terms, 1 joule is equal to 1 newton metre and, in terms of SI base units

  3. Joule - Wikipedia

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    The energy required to accelerate a 1 kg mass at 1 m/s 2 through a distance of 1 m. The kinetic energy of a 2 kg mass travelling at 1 m/s, or a 1 kg mass travelling at 1.41 m/s. The energy required to lift an apple up 1 m, assuming the apple has a mass of 101.97 g. The heat required to raise the temperature of 0.239 g of water from 0 °C to 1 ...

  4. List of common physics notations - Wikipedia

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    energy: joule (J) Young's modulus: pascal (Pa) or newton per square meter (N/m 2) eccentricity: unitless Euler's number (2.71828, base of the natural logarithm) unitless electron: unitless elementary charge: coulomb (C) force: newton (N) Faraday constant: coulombs per mole (C⋅mol −1)

  5. Mechanical equivalent of heat - Wikipedia

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    Though a standardised value of 4.1860 J·cal −1 was established in the early 20th century, in the 1920s, it was ultimately realised that the constant is simply the specific heat of water, a quantity that varies with temperature between the values of 4.17 and 4.22 J·g −1 ·°C −1.

  6. Energy - Wikipedia

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    equal amount of thermal energy in transit spontaneously towards a lower-temperature object Work: equal amount of energy in transit due to a displacement in the direction of an applied force: Transfer of material equal amount of energy carried by matter that is moving from one system to another

  7. Glossary of physics - Wikipedia

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    A physical constant involved in the calculation of gravitational force between two bodies. gravitational energy The potential energy associated with the gravitational field. gravitational field A model used to explain the influence that a massive body extends into the space around itself, producing a force (gravity) on another massive body ...

  8. Outline of energy - Wikipedia

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    Gigaton – Metric Unit of mass, equal to 1,000,000,000 (1 billion) metric tons, 1,000,000,000,000 (1 trillion) kilograms Any of various units of energy, such as gigatons of TNT equivalent, gigatons of coal equivalent, gigatons petroleum equivalent. Gray (unit) – (symbol: Gy), is the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation. One ...

  9. Orders of magnitude (energy) - Wikipedia

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    List of orders of magnitude for energy; Factor (joules) SI prefix Value Item 10 −34: 6.626 × 10 −34 J: Energy of a photon with a frequency of 1 hertz. [1]8 × 10 −34 J: Average kinetic energy of translational motion of a molecule at the lowest temperature reached (38 picokelvin [2] as of 2021)