Joule

Joule is a derived unit of energy or work in the International System of Units, symbol "J". Plural name is joules.

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Input	Output	Table
1 ft-lb	12 in-lb	foot pounds to inch pounds
1 in-lb	0.113 Nm	inch pounds to newton meters
1 Nm	0.7376 ft-lb	newton meters to foot pounds
1 in-lb	0.0833 ft-lb	inch pounds to foot pounds
1 ft-lb	1.3558179 Nm	foot pounds to newton meters
1 l-atm	101.325 J	liter atmospheres to joules
1 in-lb	15.999999461875 in-oz	inch pounds to inch ounces
1 Nm	8.850746106833 in-lb	newton meters to inch pounds
1 Nm	3.72506E-7 hph	newton meters to horsepower hours
1 J	1 Nm	joules to newton meters

Sample Energy Conversion

10 foot pound to inch pounds, the result is 120 inch pounds
10 inch pound to newton meters, the result is 1.12984825 newton meters
10 newton meter to foot pounds, the result is 7.375621755694 foot pounds
10 inch pound to foot pounds, the result is 0.8333 foot pounds
10 foot pound to newton meters, the result is 13.558179 newton meters
10 liter atmosphere to joules, the result is 1013.25 joules
10 inch pound to inch ounces, the result is 159.99999461875 inch ounces
10 newton meter to inch pounds, the result is 88.507461068334 inch pounds
10 newton meter to horsepower hours, the result is 3.725061E-6 horsepower hours
10 joule to newton meters, the result is 10 newton meters

Joule to Other Units

Joule can convert to other units, such as Btu, calorie [15 °C], calorie [I.T.], Calorie [nutritional], calorie [thermochemical], dekatherm, electronvolt, erg, exajoule, femtojoule, foot pound, gigajoule, gigawatt hour, gram calorie, hartree, horsepower hour, inch ounce, inch pound, kilogram calorie, kilojoule, kilowatt hour, liter atmosphere, megaelectronvolt, megajoule, megawatthour, microjoule, millijoule, nanojoule, newton meter, petajoule, picojoule, Q unit, quad, teraelectronvolt, terajoule, terawatthour, thermie, therm , tonne of coal equivalent, tonne of oil equivalent, ton [explosive], watthour, wattsecond and more. You can find the reference table below:

Unit to Other Unit	Energy Conversion	Energy Table
1 J = 0.0009 BTU	joules to Btus	joules to Btus table
1 J = 0.2389 cal₁₅	joules to calories [15 °C]	joules to calories [15 °C] table
1 J = 0.2388 cal_it	joules to calories [I.T.]	joules to calories [I.T.] table
1 J = 0.0002 cal_nutritional	joules to Calories [nutritional]	joules to Calories [nutritional] table
1 J = 0.239 cal_th	joules to calories [thermochemical]	joules to calories [thermochemical] table
1 J = 9.48E-10 dath	joules to dekatherms	joules to dekatherms table
1 J = 6.2415064799632E+18 eV	joules to electronvolts	joules to electronvolts table
1 J = 10000000 erg	joules to ergs	joules to ergs table
1 J = 1.0E-18 EJ	joules to exajoules	joules to exajoules table
1 J = 1.0E+15 fJ	joules to femtojoules	joules to femtojoules table
1 J = 0.7376 ft-lb	joules to foot pounds	joules to foot pounds table
1 J = 1.0E-9 GJ	joules to gigajoules	joules to gigajoules table
1 J = 2.7777777777778E-13 GWh	joules to gigawatt hours	joules to gigawatt hours table
1 J = 0.2389 gcal	joules to gram calories	joules to gram calories table
1 J = 2.2937104486906E+17 E_h	joules to hartrees	joules to hartrees table
1 J = 3.72506E-7 hph	joules to horsepower hours	joules to horsepower hours table
1 J = 141.61193294652 in-oz	joules to inch ounces	joules to inch ounces table
1 J = 8.850746106833 in-lb	joules to inch pounds	joules to inch pounds table
1 J = 0.0002 Kgcal	joules to kilogram calories	joules to kilogram calories table
1 J = 0.001 kJ	joules to kilojoules	joules to kilojoules table
1 J = 2.77778E-7 kWh	joules to kilowatt hours	joules to kilowatt hours table
1 J = 0.0099 l-atm	joules to liter atmospheres	joules to liter atmospheres table
1 J = 6241506479963.2 MeV	joules to megaelectronvolts	joules to megaelectronvolts table
1 J = 1.0E-6 MJ	joules to megajoules	joules to megajoules table
1 J = 2.78E-10 MWh	joules to megawatthours	joules to megawatthours table
1 J = 1000000 µJ	joules to microjoules	joules to microjoules table
1 J = 1000 mJ	joules to millijoules	joules to millijoules table
1 J = 1000000000 nJ	joules to nanojoules	joules to nanojoules table
1 J = 1 Nm	joules to newton meters	joules to newton meters table
1 J = 1.0E-15 PJ	joules to petajoules	joules to petajoules table
1 J = 1000000000000 pJ	joules to picojoules	joules to picojoules table
1 J = 9.4781707774915E-22 q unit	joules to Q units	joules to Q units table
1 J = 9.4781707774915E-19 quad	joules to quads	joules to quads table
1 J = 6241506.4799632 TeV	joules to teraelectronvolts	joules to teraelectronvolts table
1 J = 1.0E-12 TJ	joules to terajoules	joules to terajoules table
1 J = 2.7777777777778E-16 TWh	joules to terawatthours	joules to terawatthours table
1 J = 2.38903E-7 th	joules to thermies	joules to thermies table
1 J = 9.478E-9 th	joules to therms	joules to therms table
1 J = 3.4E-11 TCE	joules to tonnes of coal equivalent	joules to tonnes of coal equivalent table
1 J = 2.4E-11 TOE	joules to tonnes of oil equivalent	joules to tonnes of oil equivalent table
1 J = 2.39E-10 t_explosive	joules to tons [explosive]	joules to tons [explosive] table
1 J = 0.0003 Wh	joules to watthours	joules to watthours table
1 J = 1 Ws	joules to wattseconds	joules to wattseconds table

Other Units to Joule

Joule also canvert from other unit such as Btu, calorie [15 °C], calorie [I.T.], Calorie [nutritional], calorie [thermochemical], dekatherm, electronvolt, erg, exajoule, femtojoule, foot pound, gigajoule, gigawatt hour, gram calorie, hartree, horsepower hour, inch ounce, inch pound, kilogram calorie, kilojoule, kilowatt hour, liter atmosphere, megaelectronvolt, megajoule, megawatthour, microjoule, millijoule, nanojoule, newton meter, petajoule, picojoule, Q unit, quad, teraelectronvolt, terajoule, terawatthour, thermie, therm , tonne of coal equivalent, tonne of oil equivalent, ton [explosive], watthour, wattsecond and more. You can find the reference table below:

Unit to Other Unit	Energy Conversion	Energy Table
1 BTU = 1055.0559 J	Btus to joules	Btus to joules table
1 cal₁₅ = 4.1858 J	calories [15 °C] to joules	calories [15 °C] to joules table
1 cal_it = 4.1868 J	calories [I.T.] to joules	calories [I.T.] to joules table
1 cal_nutritional = 4186.8 J	Calories [nutritional] to joules	Calories [nutritional] to joules table
1 cal_th = 4.184 J	calories [thermochemical] to joules	calories [thermochemical] to joules table
1 dath = 1055057000 J	dekatherms to joules	dekatherms to joules table
1 eV = 1.6021773E-19 J	electronvolts to joules	electronvolts to joules table
1 erg = 1.0E-7 J	ergs to joules	ergs to joules table
1 EJ = 1.0E+18 J	exajoules to joules	exajoules to joules table
1 fJ = 1.0E-15 J	femtojoules to joules	femtojoules to joules table
1 ft-lb = 1.3558179 J	foot pounds to joules	foot pounds to joules table
1 GJ = 1000000000 J	gigajoules to joules	gigajoules to joules table
1 GWh = 3600000000000 J	gigawatt hours to joules	gigawatt hours to joules table
1 gcal = 4.1858 J	gram calories to joules	gram calories to joules table
1 E_h = 4.3597482E-18 J	hartrees to joules	hartrees to joules table
1 hph = 2684519.5 J	horsepower hours to joules	horsepower hours to joules table
1 in-oz = 0.0071 J	inch ounces to joules	inch ounces to joules table
1 in-lb = 0.113 J	inch pounds to joules	inch pounds to joules table
1 Kgcal = 4185.8 J	kilogram calories to joules	kilogram calories to joules table
1 kJ = 1000 J	kilojoules to joules	kilojoules to joules table
1 kWh = 3600000 J	kilowatt hours to joules	kilowatt hours to joules table
1 l-atm = 101.325 J	liter atmospheres to joules	liter atmospheres to joules table
1 MeV = 1.6021773E-13 J	megaelectronvolts to joules	megaelectronvolts to joules table
1 MJ = 1000000 J	megajoules to joules	megajoules to joules table
1 MWh = 3600000000 J	megawatthours to joules	megawatthours to joules table
1 µJ = 1.0E-6 J	microjoules to joules	microjoules to joules table
1 mJ = 0.001 J	millijoules to joules	millijoules to joules table
1 nJ = 1.0E-9 J	nanojoules to joules	nanojoules to joules table
1 Nm = 1 J	newton meters to joules	newton meters to joules table
1 PJ = 1.0E+15 J	petajoules to joules	petajoules to joules table
1 pJ = 1.0E-12 J	picojoules to joules	picojoules to joules table
1 q unit = 1.0550559E+21 J	Q units to joules	Q units to joules table
1 quad = 1.0550559E+18 J	quads to joules	quads to joules table
1 TeV = 1.60218E-7 J	teraelectronvolts to joules	teraelectronvolts to joules table
1 TJ = 1000000000000 J	terajoules to joules	terajoules to joules table
1 TWh = 3.6E+15 J	terawatthours to joules	terawatthours to joules table
1 th = 4185800 J	thermies to joules	thermies to joules table
1 th = 105505600 J	therms to joules	therms to joules table
1 TCE = 29307600000 J	tonnes of coal equivalent to joules	tonnes of coal equivalent to joules table
1 TOE = 41868000000 J	tonnes of oil equivalent to joules	tonnes of oil equivalent to joules table
1 t_explosive = 4184000000 J	tons [explosive] to joules	tons [explosive] to joules table
1 Wh = 3600 J	watthours to joules	watthours to joules table
1 Ws = 1 J	wattseconds to joules	wattseconds to joules table

Energy Units

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Btu [ BTU ]

Btu is the abbreviation of the British thermal unit. It is a traditional unit of energy equal to about 1055 joules.

Calorie [15 °C] [ cal₁₅ ]

Calorie [ 15 °C] is a unit of energy that the amount of energy required to warm on gram of air-free water from 14.5 °C to 15.5 °C at standard atmospheric presure (1 cal [15°C] = 4.1855 J).

Calorie [I.T.] [ cal_it ]

Calorie is a pre-SI metric unit of energy, symbol "cal". Calorie [i.t.] is an International Stream Table calorie equal to 4.1868 joules.

Calorie [nutritional] [ cal_nutritional ]

Calorie [nutritional] is a unit of energy in food.

Calorie [thermochemical] [ cal_th ]

Calorie [thermochemical] is a unit of energy use in thermochemistry.

Dekatherm [ dath ]

Dakatherm is a unit of energy eqal 10 therms, symbol "dath".

Electronvolt [ eV ]

Electronvolts (symbol eV; also written electron volt) is a unit of energy equal to approximately 1.602×10^.19 joule.

Erg [ erg ]

Erg is a unit of energy and mechanical work in the the centimetre-gram-second (CGS) system of units, symbol "erg".

Exajoule [ EJ ]

Exajoule is a unit of energy equal to 1.0E+18 joules, symbol "EJ". This unit comes from a combination of metric-prefix "exa" and SI derived unit of energy "joule".

Femtojoule [ fJ ]

Femtojoule is a unit of energy equal to 1.0E-15 joules, symbol "fJ". This unit comes from a combination of metric-prefix "femto" and SI derived unit of energy "joule".

Foot pound [ ft-lb ]

Foot-pound or foot-pound force is a unit of energy in the Engineering and Gravitational System in United States customy and imperial unit of measure.

Gigajoule [ GJ ]

Gigajoule is a unit of energy equal to 1.0E+9 joules, symbol "GJ". This unit comes from a combination of metric-prefix "giga" and SI derived unit of energy "joule".

Gigawatt hour [ GWh ]

Gigawatt hour is a unit of energy equal to 1000 Megawatt hours, sysmbol "GWh". This unit comes form "giga" metric-prefix and "watt hour" unit of energy.

Gram calorie [ gcal ]

Gram calorie or small calorie (symbol: cal) approximates the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C. This is about 4.2 joules.

Hartree [ E_h ]

The hartree is the atomic unit of energy, symbol (E_h or Ha).

Horsepower hour [ hph ]

Horsepower-hour (hph) is an outdated unit of energy, not used in the SI system of units.

Inch ounce [ in-oz ]

Inch ounce is a unit of energy equal to about 0.007061552 joule, symbol "in-oz".

Inch pound [ in-lb ]

Inch pound is a unit of energy equal to about 0.112984829 joules, symbol "in-lb".

Joule [ J ]

Joule is a derived unit of energy or work in the International System of Units, symbol "J".

Kilogram calorie [ Kgcal ]

kilogram calorie, dietary calorie, or food calorie (symbol: Cal) approximates the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 °C. This is exactly 1,000 small calories or about 4.2 kilojoules.

Kilojoule [ kJ ]

Kilojoule is a unit of energy equal to 1000 joules, symbol "kJ". This unit comes from a combination of metric-prefix "kilo" and SI derived unit of energy "joule".

Kilowatt hour [ kWh ]

The kilowatt-hour (symbolized kWh) is a unit of energy equivalent to one kilowatt (1 kW) of power expended for one hour (1 h) of time.

Liter atmosphere [ l-atm ]

Liter atmosphere is a unit of energy, symbole "l-atm", equal to 101.32500 joules.

Megaelectronvolt [ MeV ]

Megaelectronvolt is a unit or energy equal 1 000 000 electronvolts, symbol "MeV".

Megajoule [ MJ ]

Megajoule is a unit of energy equal to 1 000 000 joules, symbol "MJ". This unit comes from a combination of metric-prefix "mega" and SI derived unit of energy "joule".

Megawatthour [ MWh ]

Megawatthours is unit of energy equal to 1 000 kilowatt hours, symbol "MWh".

Microjoule [ µJ ]

Microjoule is a unit of energy equal to 1/1 000 000 joule, symbol "µJ". This unit comes from a combination of metric-prefix "micro" and SI derived unit of energy "joule".

Millijoule [ mJ ]

Millijoule is a unit of energy equal to 1/1 000 joule, symbol "mJ". This unit comes from a combination of metric-prefix "milli" and SI derived unit of energy "joule".

Nanojoule [ nJ ]

Nanojoule is a unit of energy equal to 1/1 000 000 000 joule, symbol "nJ". This unit comes from a combination of metric-prefix "nano" and SI derived unit of energy "joule".

Newton meter [ Nm ]

A newton metre is a unit of torque (also called "moment") in the SI system. The symbolic form is Nm or N·m. One newton metre is equal to the torque resulting from a force of one newton applied perpendicularly to a moment arm which is one metre long.

Petajoule [ PJ ]

Petajoule is a unit of energy equal to 1.0E+15 joules, symbol "PJ". This unit comes from a combination of metric-prefix "peta" and SI derived unit of energy "joule".

Picojoule [ pJ ]

Picojoule is a unit of energy equal to 1/1 000 000 000 000 joule, symbol "pJ". This unit comes from a combination of metric-prefix "pico" and SI derived unit of energy "joule".

Q unit [ q unit ]

Q units is a measure of energy system.

Quad [ quad ]

A quad is a unit of energy equal to 10¹⁵ (a short-scale quadrillion) BTU,or 1.055 × 10¹⁸ joules (1.055 exajoules or EJ) in SI units.

Teraelectronvolt [ TeV ]

Teraelectronvolt is a unit of energy equal to 10¹² electronvolts, symbol "TeV". This unit comes form a combination of metrix-prefix "tera" and "electronvolt".

Terajoule [ TJ ]

Terajoule is a unit of energy equal to 1.0E+12 joules, symbol "TJ". This unit comes from a combination of metric-prefix "tera" and SI derived unit of energy "joule".

Terawatthour [ TWh ]

Terawatthours is a unit of energy equal to 1000 Gigawatt hours, symbol "TWh". This unit comes from a combination fo metric-prefix "tera" and "watt hour" unit of energy.

Thermie [ th ]

Thermie (th) is a metric unit of heat energy, part of the meter-tonne-second system sometimes used by European engineers.

Therm [ th ]

The therm (symbol th) is a non-SI unit of heat energy equal to 100,000 British thermal units (BTU).

Tonne of coal equivalent [ TCE ]

Tonne of coal equivalent or ton of coal equivalent (TCE) is, unit of energy, a conventional value of 7 Gcal (IT) = 29.3076 GJ.

Tonne of oil equivalent [ TOE ]

A ton of oil equivalent (TOE) is, unit of energy, a conventional value, based on the amount of energy released by burning one tonne of crude oil, of 41.868 GJ, 11.63 MWh, 1.28 TCE, 39.68 million BTU, or 6.6 - 8.0 actual barrels of oil (depending on actual

Ton [explosive] [ t_explosive ]

Ton [explosive] is a measure of energy.

Watthour [ Wh ]

Watthour (symbolized Wh) is a unit of energy equivalent to one watt (1 W) of power expended for one hour (1 h) of time.

Wattsecond [ Ws ]

Wattsecon (symbolized Ws) is a unit of energy equivalent to one watt (1 W) of power expended for one second (1 s) of time.