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Specific energy is defined as the energy
Energy

In physics, energy is a scalar physical quantity that describes the amount of Work_ that can be performed by a force. Energy is an attribute of objects and systems that is subject to a conservation law....
 per unit mass
Mass

In physical science, mass refers to the degree of acceleration a body acquires when subject to a force: bodies with greater mass are accelerated less by the same force....
: J/kg or, in basic SI units: m2/s2. It is an intensive property. Contrast this with energy
Energy

In physics, energy is a scalar physical quantity that describes the amount of Work_ that can be performed by a force. Energy is an attribute of objects and systems that is subject to a conservation law....
, which is an extensive property. There are two main types of specific energy: field strength
Field strength

In physics, the field strength of a field is the magnitude of its vector value.In theoretical physics, field strength is another name for the curvature form....
 and strength of movement
Specific kinetic energy

Specific kinetic energy is kinetic energy per unit mass .It is defined as ....
. Others are the gray
Gray (unit)

The gray is the SI unit of absorbed dose due to ionizing radiation ....
 and sievert
Sievert

The sievert is the SI derived unit of equivalent dose. It attempts to reflect the biological effects of radiation as opposed to the physical aspects, which are characterised by the absorbed dose, measured in Gray ....
, measures for the absorption of radiation.








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Specific energy is defined as the energy
Energy

In physics, energy is a scalar physical quantity that describes the amount of Work_ that can be performed by a force. Energy is an attribute of objects and systems that is subject to a conservation law....
 per unit mass
Mass

In physical science, mass refers to the degree of acceleration a body acquires when subject to a force: bodies with greater mass are accelerated less by the same force....
: J/kg or, in basic SI units: m2/s2. It is an intensive property. Contrast this with energy
Energy

In physics, energy is a scalar physical quantity that describes the amount of Work_ that can be performed by a force. Energy is an attribute of objects and systems that is subject to a conservation law....
, which is an extensive property. There are two main types of specific energy: field strength
Field strength

In physics, the field strength of a field is the magnitude of its vector value.In theoretical physics, field strength is another name for the curvature form....
 and strength of movement
Specific kinetic energy

Specific kinetic energy is kinetic energy per unit mass .It is defined as ....
. Others are the gray
Gray (unit)

The gray is the SI unit of absorbed dose due to ionizing radiation ....
 and sievert
Sievert

The sievert is the SI derived unit of equivalent dose. It attempts to reflect the biological effects of radiation as opposed to the physical aspects, which are characterised by the absorbed dose, measured in Gray ....
, measures for the absorption of radiation.

See also

  • energy density
    Energy density

    Energy density is the amount of energy stored in a given system or region of space per unit volume, or per unit mass, depending on the context, although the latter is more formally specific energy ....
  • heating value
  • specific orbital energy
    Specific orbital energy

    In astrodynamics the specific orbital energy of an orbiting body traveling through space under standard assumptions in astrodynamics is the sum of its potential energy and kinetic energy per unit mass....