Electronvolt

Electronvolt
IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013
Non-SI unit of energy (symbol eV) defined as the energy acquired by a particle containing charge equal to elementary charge accelerated through a potential difference of one volt. Note: An electronvolt is equal to 1.602176565(35) x 10^-19 J where the digits in parentheses indicate the estimated uncertainty in the final two digits of the value.
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Reference(s): IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the Gold Book). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. P. J. Mohr, B. N. Taylor, D. B. Newell. Rev. Mod. Phys. 84, 1527 (2012). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.84.1527 )
From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013.
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