Measurement Unit Conversion: Joules

Measurement unit: joules

Full name: joule

Plural form: joules

Symbol: J

Category type: energy

Scale factor: 1

SI unit: joule

The SI derived unit for energy is the joule. 1 joule is equal to 1 joules.

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Convert joules to attojoule Board of Trade unit British thermal unit Btu [thermochemical] calorie [15 °C] calorie [I.T.] calorie [nutritional] calorie [thermochemical] celsius heat unit centijoule cheval vapeur heure decijoule dekajoule dekatherm dekawatt hour electronvolt erg exajoule exawatt hour femtojoule foot poundal foot-pound force gallon [U.S.] of automotive gasoline gallon [U.S.] of aviation gasoline gallon [U.S.] of diesel oil gallon [U.S.] of distillate no. 2 fuel oil gallon [U.S.] of kerosene gallon [U.S.] of kerosene type jet fuel gallon [U.S.] of LPG gallon [U.S.] of naphtha type jet fuel gallon [U.S.] of residual fuel oil gallon [UK] of automotive gasoline gallon [UK] of aviation gasoline gallon [UK] of diesel oil gallon [UK] of distillate no. 2 fuel oil gallon [UK] of kerosene gallon [UK] of kerosene type jet fuel gallon [UK] of LPG gallon [UK] of naphtha type jet fuel gallon [UK] of residual fuel oil gigacalorie [15 °C] gigacalorie [I.T.] gigaelectronvolt gigajoule gigawatt hour gram calorie hartree hectojoule hectowatt hour horsepower hour hundred cubic foot of natural gas inch ounce inch-pound joule kilocalorie [15 °C] kilocalorie [I.T.] kilocalorie [thermochemical] kiloelectronvolt kilogram calorie kilogram-force meter kilojoule kilopond meter kiloton [explosive] kilowatt hour liter atmosphere megacalorie [15 °C] megacalorie [I.T.] megaelectronvolt megajoule megalerg megaton [explosive] megawatthour meter kilogram-force microjoule millijoule myriawatt hour nanojoule newton-meter petajoule petawatthour pferdestärkenstunde picojoule Q unit quad teraelectronvolt terajoule terawatthour therm [Europe] therm [U.S.] thermie ton [explosive] tonne of coal equivalent tonne of oil equivalent watthour wattsecond yoctojoule yottajoule yottawatthour zeptojoule zettajoule zettawatthour decajoule megawatt hour

Definition: Joule

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).

Sample conversions: joules

• joules to decajoule
• joules to microjoule
• joules to British thermal unit
• joules to watthour
• joules to Q unit
• joules to hectowatt hour
• joules to kilocalorie [I.T.]
• joules to cheval vapeur heure
• joules to gallon [UK] of aviation gasoline
• joules to terawatthour

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