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U.S. Department of Energy
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Energy available as a result of motion that varies directly in proportion to an object's mass and the square of its velocity.
Industry:Energy
An electrically charged atom or group of atoms that has lost or gained electrons; a loss makes the resulting particle positively charged; a gain makes the particle negatively charged.
Industry:Energy
A metric unit of energy or work; the energy produced by a force of one Newton operating through a distance of one meter; 1 Joule per second equals 1 Watt or 0.737 foot-pounds; 1 Btu equals 1,055 Joules.
Industry:Energy
One thousand kilowatt-hours or 1 million watt-hours.
Industry:Energy
The local climate of specific place or habitat, as influenced by landscape features.
Industry:Energy
The products of all combustion processes formed by the combination of nitrogen and oxygen.
Industry:Energy
One millionth of a meter (10-6 m).
Industry:Energy
This compound of nitrogen and oxygen is formed by the oxidation of nitric oxide (NO) which is produced by the combustion of solid fuels.
Industry:Energy
A particle of light that acts as an individual unit of energy.
Industry:Energy
A device for measuring light intensity that works by converting light falling on, or reach it, to electricity, and then measuring the current; used in photometers.
Industry:Energy