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electron volt comparison table

Subject has equivalent has definition has symbol is a kind of is equivalent to is an instance of is a unit of

energy unit (1) The capacity to do work. (2) Manifestation of a particular variety of force. unit energy

non SI unit not an SI unit, but an important and widely used unit unit

electron volt 160.219 × 10^-21 joule Unit of energy used in atomic and nuclear physics; the kinetic energy acquired by one electron in passing through a potential difference of 1 volt in vacuum. Sometimes used as a unit of mass (see rest-mass energy) eV 1.6 × 10^-19 joules non SI unit energy

Subject	has equivalent	has definition	has symbol	is a kind of	is equivalent to	is an instance of	is a unit of
energy unit		(1) The capacity to do work. (2) Manifestation of a particular variety of force.		unit			energy
non SI unit		not an SI unit, but an important and widely used unit		unit
electron volt	160.219 × 10^-21 joule	Unit of energy used in atomic and nuclear physics; the kinetic energy acquired by one electron in passing through a potential difference of 1 volt in vacuum. Sometimes used as a unit of mass (see rest-mass energy)	eV		1.6 × 10^-19 joules	non SI unit	energy

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