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  2. Specific potential energy - Wikipedia

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    The potential has units of energy per mass, e.g., J/kg in the MKS system. By convention, it is always negative where it is defined, and as x tends to infinity, it approaches zero. The gravitational field , and thus the acceleration of a small body in the space around the massive object, is the negative gradient of the gravitational potential.

  3. Specific energy - Wikipedia

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    Specific energy has the same units as specific strength, which is related to the maximum specific energy of rotation an object can have without flying apart due to centrifugal force. The concept of specific energy is related to but distinct from the notion of molar energy in chemistry , that is energy per mole of a substance, which uses units ...

  4. Characteristic energy - Wikipedia

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    Every object in a 2-body ballistic trajectory has a constant specific orbital energy equal to the sum of its specific kinetic and specific potential energy: = = =, where = is the standard gravitational parameter of the massive body with mass , and is the radial distance from its center. As an object in an escape trajectory moves outward, its ...

  5. Power (physics) - Wikipedia

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    The dimension of power is energy divided by time. In the International System of Units (SI), the unit of power is the watt (W), which is equal to one joule per second. Other common and traditional measures are horsepower (hp), comparing to the power of a horse; one mechanical horsepower equals about 745.7 watts.

  6. Energy density - Wikipedia

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    Specific energy (MJ/kg) Energy density (MJ/L) Specific energy Energy density (W⋅h/L) Comment Antimatter: 89 875 517 874 ≈ 90 PJ/kg: Depends on the density of the antimatter's form 24 965 421 631 578 ≈ 25 TW⋅h/kg Depends on the density of the antimatter's form Annihilation, counting both the consumed antimatter mass and ordinary matter mass

  7. Orders of magnitude (power) - Wikipedia

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    tech: power producing capacity of the Niagara Power Plant, the first electrical power plant in history 1.4 × 10 8 W tech: average power consumption of a Boeing 747 passenger aircraft 1.9 × 10 8 W tech: peak power output of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier: 5 × 10 8 W tech: typical power output of a fossil fuel power station: 9 × 10 8 W

  8. Outline of energy - Wikipedia

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    Tidal power, also called tidal energy, is a form of hydropower that converts the energy of tides into useful forms of power – mainly electricity, dynamic tidal power, tidal lagoons, tidal barrages Wave power is the transport of energy by ocean surface waves , and the capture of that energy to do useful work — for example, electricity ...

  9. Category:Energy (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Power (physics) (13 C, 17 P) Energy properties (1 P) T. Thermodynamic free energy (9 P) Pages in category "Energy (physics)" ... Specific energy; Specific mechanical ...