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A joule is one newton-meter per second, or zero-point-seven foot-pounds of energy, plus change, right?
The Cardinal of the Kremlin Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1988
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Someone can please correct me on this if I am in error, but here's what I come up with: a volt is defined as the difference in electric potential that is required to impart to 1 coulomb of electricity a kinetic energy of 1 joule = 1 newton-meter = 1 kilogram-meter/second/second = 1 watt-second, and since there are 6.24 x 10 to the 18th power electrons in a coulomb (according to Wikipedia, of course), this means that 1 electron-volt = 1/(6.24E18) = 1.60 times 10 to the minus 19th power watt-second.
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