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electronvolt

unit of energy
Intangible unit_of_energy Q83327
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Summary

electronvolt is an unit of energy[1]. electronvolt ranks in the top 6% of unit of energy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,338 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: SI-accepted non-SI unit[3], UCUM derived unit[4], unit of mass[5], physical constant[6], non-SI unit mentioned in and accepted with the SI[7]
  • Measured physical quantity: energy[8]
  • Named after: electron[9]
  • Numeric value: 0.0000000000000000001602176634 joule[10]
  • Conversion to SI unit: 0.0000000000000000001602176634 joule[11]
  • Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent: wd:Q83327 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]
  • Unit symbol: eV[14], эВ[15]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[16]

Why It Matters

electronvolt has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] electronvolt is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ISO 80000-1:2009 Quantities and units—Part 1: General. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SI Brochure (9th edition): Concise summary. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 2018 CODATA recommended values. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Logopedia. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Glrx · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Measured physical quantity → energy
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → unit of energy, SI-accepted non-SI unit, UCUM derived unit +3
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Quantity symbol (latex): \text{eV}"
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