Axis

Energy, work & heat

ergerg

The CGS energy unit: 1 dyn·cm.

Dimension
energy
Canonical signature
L^2*M*T^-2
System
metric historical
Exactness
Exact

Definition record

How this unit is defined

Canonical base
1 erg = 0.0000001 J
Conversion type
linear
Aliases
ergs

Same dimension

Related units

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Common conversions

Every conversion routes through the canonical base of the dimension.

1 erg = 0.0000001 J

Exact relationship

10 erg = 0.000001 J

Exact relationship