Category:Definitions/Electron Volt

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The electron volt is a SI unit of energy.


It is defined as:

the amount of kinetic energy gained by a single electron accelerating from rest through an electric potential difference of $1$ volt in a vacuum.
\(\ds \) \(\) \(\ds 1\) electron volt
\(\ds \) \(=\) \(\ds 1.60217 \, 6634 \times 10^{−19}\) joule \(\quad\) (exact)