Energy Quantity and Units

Acceleration is a SI derived quantity. Definitions are provided in namespace energy. The base quantity defines a derived quantity type Joule, and a Variable Energy, a Constant EnergyConstant, and a VariableVector EnergyVector.

The Dimension of Energy is .

Energy defines the following Units:

• Joule (prefixed) and prefix variants
• Erg
• Hartree
• Rydberg
• ElectronVolt and prefixed forms
• ThermochemicalCalory
• InternationalCalory
• FifteenDegreeCalory
• LitreAtmosphere
• BritishThermalUnit

The default unit is Joule (J). The default name in the base quantity is `energy', and the default symbol is `E'. The derived quantity does not overwrite these values.

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