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EU:  ELECTRONVOLT

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 45
Symbol: eV
EQ label: ENERGY
 
Quantities associated with this Unit

Quantity: maximum beta particle energy
Concept definition: The maximum energy [ISO 80000-5:2007, item 5-20.1] of the energy spectrum in a beta disintegration process.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-10:2009, item 10-35.b]
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Quantity: beta disintegration energy
Concept definition: The sum of the maximum beta particle energy [ISO 80000-10:2009, item 10-35] and the recoil energy [ISO 80000-5:2007, item 5-20.1] of the atom produced in the reference frame in which the emitting nucleus is at rest before its disintegration.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-10:2009, item 10-36.b]
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Quantity: reaction energy
Concept definition: In a nuclear reaction, the sum of the kinetic energies [ISO 80000-4:2006, item 4-27.3] and photon energies [ISO 80000-5:2007, item 5-20.1] of the reaction products minus the sum of the kinetic and photon energies of the reactants.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-10:2009, item 10-38.b and 10-38.1]
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Quantity: resonance energy
Concept definition: Kinetic energy [ISO 80000-4:2006, item 4-27.3] of an incident particle, in the reference frame of the target, corresponding to a resonance in a nuclear reaction.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-10:2009, item 10-38.b and item 10-38.2]
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Quantity: average energy loss per elementary charge produced
Concept definition: Ek/Ni,where Ek is the initial kinetic energy [ISO 80000-4:2006, item 4-27.3] of an ionizing charged particle and Ni is the total ionization [ISO 80000-10:2009, item 10-61] produced by that particle.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-10:2009, item 10-62.b]
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Quantity: work function
Concept definition: The energy [ISO 80000-4:2006, item 4.27.4] difference between an electron at rest at infinity and an electron at a certain energy level [ISO 80000-12:2009, item 12-25.1].
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-12:2009, item 12-25.b and item 12-25.2]
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Quantity: electron affinity
Concept definition: The energy [ISO 80000-4:2006, item 4.27.4] difference between an electron at rest at infinity and an electron at the lowest level of the conduction band in an insulator or semiconductor.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-12:2009, item 12-26.b]
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Quantity: Fermi energy
Concept definition: In a metal, the highest occupied energy level [ISO 80000-12:2009, item 12-25.1] at zero thermodynamic temperature [ISO 80000-5:2007, item 5-1].
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-12:2009, item 12-28.b and item 12-28.1]
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Quantity: exchange integral
Concept definition: The constituent of the interaction energy [ISO 80000-4:2006, item 4-27.4] between the spins of adjacent electrons in matter arising from the overlap of electron state functions.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-12:2009, item 12-35.b]
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Quantity: alpha disintegration energy
Concept definition: The sum of the kinetic energy [ISO 80000-3:2006, item 4-27.3] of the α particle produced in the disintegration process and the recoil energy [ISO 80000-5:2007, item 5-20.1] of the product atom in the reference frame in which the emitting nucleus is at rest before its disintegration.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-10:2009, item 10-34.b]
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Quantity: energy
Concept definition: The kinetic energy acquired by an electron in passing through a potential difference of 1 volt in a vacuum. Its value is experimentally determined as 1,602 176 487 40 x 10-19 J (approximately).
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-10:2009, item 10-28.b (Conversion factors and remarks)]
Supplemental references: [ISO 80000-1:2009, Table 6, "energy"]

Quantity: gap energy
Concept definition: The difference in energy [ISO 80000-4:2006, item 4.27.4] between the lowest level of conduction band and the highest level of valence band.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [ISO 80000-12:2009, item 12-28.b and item 12-28.2]
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