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183_notes:work [2016/08/16 17:01] – waterso8183_notes:work [2018/05/29 21:16] – hallstein
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 +Section 6.3 and 6.4 in Matter and Interactions (4th edition) 
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 ===== Work: Mechanical Energy Transfer ===== ===== Work: Mechanical Energy Transfer =====
  
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 $$Work = (Force)*(distance) = (Newtons)*(meters) = Nm = Joule$$ $$Work = (Force)*(distance) = (Newtons)*(meters) = Nm = Joule$$
  
-The units of work is a Joule named after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Prescott_Joule|James Joule]], an English physicist and beer brewer. One Joule is equal to 1 $Nm$ or 1 $kgm/s^2$.+The units of work is a Joule named after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Prescott_Joule|James Joule]], an English physicist and beer brewer. One Joule is equal to 1 $Nm$ or 1 $kgm^2/s^2$.
  
 ==== Work can be positive, negative, or zero ==== ==== Work can be positive, negative, or zero ====
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