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Additional
unit of energy
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Units of energy
Because
energy
is defined via
work
, the
SI
unit for
energy
is the same as the unit of work – the
joule
(J), named in honor of
James Prescott Joule
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
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