

The MKS system then became the blueprint for today's SI system of units. In 1948, the 9th CGPM Resolution 7 adopted the name newton for this force. In 1946, the Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures (CGPM) Resolution 2 standardized the unit of force in the MKS system of units to be the amount needed to accelerate 1 kilogram of mass at the rate of 1 metre per second squared.

an increase in velocity by 1 metre per second every second. The units "metre per second squared" can be understood as measuring a rate of change in velocity per unit of time, i.e. One newton is therefore the force needed to accelerate one kilogram of mass at the rate of one metre per second squared in the direction of the applied force. In daily use terms.A newton is defined as 1 kg⋅m/s 2 (it is a derived unit which is defined in terms of the SI base units). The doctors used 50 joules of electricity. Since the amount of joules expended is also a factor of 10 I wonder if there is a direct correlation between burning up calories and the amount of joules you spend? It’s something like 10 calories or more per hour. It reminds me of the figure that I once read about how many calories you burn just by sitting still. I am not sure if that’s a big or a high number, but I’ll bet that it’s on the low side since you don’t expend a lot of energy to be quiet. As a quiet person, I emit 100 joules of energy every second! I can now finally quantify the impact of my solitude. Well this is an interesting explanation of joule conversions.

But I don’t think that there is a direct correlation between those two numbers as you suggest. I don’t know what the caloric impact of the joule you expend would be. If you had significant mass then you would expend more joules I would think. Since according to the article one of the elements in the formula is mass (grams), then your weight would have some impact.

March 9, - I believe that there's a formulaic correlation. I can afford to buy the best quality surge protector I can find for the money. My computer equipment is worth well over $1,000. When I buy surge protectors I always make it a point to go for the highest joule protection. Sometimes they will give you a comparison by telling it’s comparable to a direct hit from a lightning strike. They usually tell you that the surge strip will protect you up to 15,000 joules or something like that. March 10, - Now you know what all those joule units are every time that you go looking for a power surge protector. In daily use terms, one 99999 watt lamp, how many joules is it equivalent to? Is it 360 joules? But why are newton-metres not equivalent to joules? Watts are never equivalent to joules, because watt is a unit for *power* and joule is a unit for *energy*. How many joules are required to cause air (and water) to break down into plasma? Anybody? April 26, and Calories are a measurement of heat, which is a form of energy.
