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This list compares various energies in joules (J), organized by order of magnitude.
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Contents
Less than 10-24
10-24
10-21
10-18
10-15
10-12
10-9
10-6
10-3
10-2
10-1
100
101
102
103
106
109
1012
1015
1018
1021
1024
Greater than 1027
SI multiples
Notes
See also

Less than 10^-24

★ 3.0×10⁻³¹ J, the average kinetic energy of a molecule at the lowest temperature reached as of 2003

10^-24

SI prefix: yocto- (yJ)

★ 1.5×10^-23 J, the average kinetic energy of a molecule in the Boomerang Nebula, the coldest place known outside of a laboratory, at a temperature of 1 Kelvin

10^-21

SI prefix: zepto- (zJ)

★ 4.37×10^-21 J, the average kinetic energy of a molecule at room temperature

★ 2.7×10^-19 J — 5.2×10^-19 J, the energy range of photons in visible light

★ 1.602×10^-19 J ≈ 1 electronvolt (eV)

10^-18

SI prefix: atto- (aJ)

★ 5.0×10^-18 J, the upper bound of the mass-energy of a neutrino in particle physics

10^-15

SI prefix: femto- (fJ)

★ 5.1×10^-14 J, the mass-energy of an electron

★ 5.0×10^-14 J, the upper bound of the mass-energy of a muon neutrino

10^-12

SI prefix: pico- (pJ)

★ 3.5×10^-11 J, the average total energy released in the nuclear fission of one Plutonium-239 atom

★ 3.2×10^-11 J, the average total energy released in the fission of one Uranium-235 atom

★ 5.972×10^-10 J, the mass-energy of an alpha particle

★ 3.005×10^-10 J, the mass-energy of a deuteron

★ 1.505×10^-10 J, the mass-energy of a neutron

★ 1.503×10^-10 J, the mass-energy of a proton

10^-9

SI prefix: nano- (nJ)

★ 8×10^-9 J, the initial operating energy per beam of the CERN Large Electron Positron Collider in 1983

★ 4.3×10^-8 J, the operating energy per beam of the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron accelerator in 1981

★ 1.5×10^-8 J, the mass-energy of a Z boson

★ 1.3×10^-8 J, the mass-energy of a W boson

★ 1.6×10^-7 J, about the kinetic energy of a flying mosquito [1]

★ 1×10^-7 J ≡ 1 erg

10^-6

SI prefix: micro- (µJ)

★ 1.8×10^-4 J, the expected collision energy of lead nuclei in the CERN Large Hadron Collider [2]

10^-3

SI prefix: milli- (mJ)

10^-2

SI prefix: centi- (cJ)

10^-1

SI prefix: deci- (dJ)

10⁰

1 J in everyday life is approximately:
:the energy required to lift a small apple (102 grams) one meter against Earth's gravity
:the amount of energy, that a quiet person produces as heat, every hundredth of a second
:the energy required to heat one gram of dry, cool air by 1 degree Celsius

★ 1 J ≡ 1 N•m (newton-meter)

★ 1 J ≡ 1 W•s (watt-second)

★ 1.356 J ≈ 1 ft•lb_f (foot-pound force)

★ 4.184 J ≡ 1 thermochemical calorie (small calorie)

★ 4.1868 J ≡ 1 International Table calorie (small calorie)

★ 8 J, the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin theoretical upper limit for the energy of a cosmic ray

★ 9.472 J = Most disposable camera flashes use approximately this amount of energy per flash.

10¹

SI prefix: deca- (daJ)

★ 5×10¹ J, the most energetic cosmic ray ever detected, in 1991

★ 8×10¹ J, the kinetic energy of an average person swinging a baseball bat

10²

SI prefix: hecto- (hJ)

★ 7.457×10² J, a power of one horsepower applied for one second

10³

SI prefix: kilo- (kJ)

★ 1×10³ J, the energy stored in a typical photography studio strobe light

★ 1.05×10³ J ≈ 1 British thermal unit (BTU), depending on the temperature

★ 1.366×10³ J, the total solar radiation received from the Sun by one square meter of the Earth's surface per second (this is the solar constant[3])

★ 1.42×10³ J, the kinetic energy of a 3.5 g (grams) AK-74 bullet fired at 900 m/s (metres per second)^[1]

★ 3.28×10³ J, the kinetic energy of a 9.33 g NATO rifle cartridge fired at 838 m/s

★ 3.600×10³ J ≡ 1 W•h (watt-hour)

★ 4.184×10³ J, the energy released by explosion of one gram of TNT

★ 4.186×10³ J ≡ 1 food Calorie (large calorie)

★ 1.7×10⁴ J, the energy released by the metabolism of one gram of sugar or protein

★ 3.8×10⁴ J, the energy released by the metabolism of one gram of fat

★ 5.0×10⁴ J, the energy released by the combustion of one gram of gasoline

★ 2×10⁵ J—5×10⁵ J, the average kinetic energy of an automobile at highway speeds

10⁶

SI prefix: mega- (MJ)

★ 1×10⁶ J, approximately the nutritional value of a snack such as a Mars bar

★ 6.3×10⁶ J, the recommended nutritonal intake per day for a woman not doing heavy labour

★ 8.4×10⁶ the recommended nutritonal intake for a man

★ 1.05×10⁸ J ≈ 1 therm, depending on the temperature

10⁹

SI prefix: giga- (GJ)

★ 1.5×10⁹ J, the energy in an average lightning bolt

★ 1.95627185×10⁹ J, Planck energy, the unit of energy in Planck units^[2]

★ 3.2×10⁹ J, the approximate annual power usage of a standard clothes dryer

★ 6.12×10⁹ J ≈ 1 bboe (barrel of oil equivalent)^[3]

★ 4.19×10¹⁰ J ≈ 1 toe (ton of oil equivalent)

★ 5×10¹⁰ J, the yield energy of a MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Blast) bomb, the most powerful non-nuclear weapon ever designed

★ 7.2×10¹⁰ J, the energy consumed by the average U.S. automobile in the year 2000

★ 8.64×10¹⁰ J ≈ 1 MW•d (megawatt-day), used in the context of power plants

10¹²

SI prefix: tera- (TJ)

★ 6.3×10¹³ J, the approximate yield of the Little Boy atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima, Japan at the end of World War II (see the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki)[4]

★ 8.78×10¹³ J, the yield of the Fat Man atomic bomb detonated over Nagasaki, Japan at the end of World War II[5]

★ 9.0×10¹³ J, the theoretical total mass-energy of one gram of matter

★ 9.0×10¹⁴ J, the yearly electricity production in Togo, West Africa

10¹⁵

SI prefix: peta- (PJ)

★ 1.0×10¹⁶ J, the estimated impact energy released in forming Meteor Crater

★ 3.03×10¹⁶ J, the yearly electricity consumption in Zimbabwe as of 1998

★ 1.74×10¹⁷ J, the total energy from the Sun that strikes the face of the Earth each second^[4]

★ 2.1×10¹⁷ J, the yield of the Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon ever tested

★ 8.4×10¹⁷ J, the estimated energy released by the eruption of the Indonesian volcano, Krakatoa, in 1883^[5]

★ 4×10¹⁷J, the yearly electricity consumption of Norway as of 1998

10¹⁸

SI prefix: exa- (EJ)

★ 1.1×10¹⁸ J, the energy released by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake [6]

★ 1.339×10¹⁹J, the yearly electricity production in the U.S. as of 2001

★ 1.05×10²⁰ J, the yearly energy consumption in the U.S. as of 2001

★ 4.26×10²⁰ J, the yearly energy consumption of the world as of 2001

10²¹

SI prefix: zetta- (ZJ)

★ 6.0×10²¹ J, the estimated energy contained in the world's natural gas reserves as of 2003

★ 7.4×10²¹ J, the estimated energy contained in the world's petroleum reserves as of 2003

★ 1.5×10²²J, the total energy from the Sun that strikes the face of the Earth each day

★ 2.6×10²² J, the estimated energy contained in the world's coal reserves as of 2003

★ 3.9×10²² J, the estimated energy contained in the world's fossil fuel reserves as of 2003

★ 5.0×10²³ J, the approximate energy released in the formation of the Chicxulub Crater in the Yucatán Peninsula[7]

10²⁴

SI prefix: yotta- (YJ)

★ 5.5×10²⁴ J, the total energy from the Sun that strikes the face of the Earth each year

★ 3.86×10²⁶ J, the total energy output of the Sun each second^[6]

Greater than 10²⁷

★ 3.0×10³¹ J, the estimated energy contained in the world's recoverable Uranium-238 reserves as of 2003

★ 3.34×10³¹ J, the total energy output of the Sun each day

★ 2.4×10³² J, the gravitational binding energy of the Earth^[7]

★ 2.7×10³³ J, the Earth's kinetic energy in its orbit[8]

★ 1.22×10³⁴ J, the total energy output of the Sun each year

★ 5.37×10⁴¹ J, the theoretical total mass-energy of the Earth

★ 6.9×10⁴¹ J, the gravitational binding energy of the Sun

★ 1.2×10⁴⁴ J, the estimated energy released in a supernova^[8]

★ 1×10⁴⁶ J, the estimated energy released in a hypernova

★ 1×10⁴⁷ J, the energy released in an intense gamma ray burst

★ 1.8×10⁴⁷ J, the theoretical total mass-energy of the Sun

★ 4×10⁵⁸ J, the visible mass-energy in our galaxy, the Milky Way

★ 1×10⁵⁹ J, the total mass-energy of the galaxy, including dark matter and dark energy

★ 4×10⁶⁹ J, the estimated total mass-energy of the universe[9]

SI multiples

Notes

1. $KE\; =\; frac\{1\}\{2\}mv^2$
2.
3. 'Energy Units', by Arthur Smith, 21 January, 2005
4. The Earth has a cross section of 1.274×10¹⁴ square meters and the solar constant is 1366 watts per square meter.
5. Krakatoa#Legacy of the 1883 eruption
6. The Sun at http://www.nineplanets.org
7.
Chandrasekhar, S. 1939, ''An Introduction to the Study of Stellar Structure'' (Chicago: U. of Chicago; reprinted in New York: Dover), section 9, eqs. 90-92, p. 51 (Dover edition)
Lang, K. R. 1980, ''Astrophysical Formulae'' (Berlin: Springer Verlag), p. 272
8. Light curves of Type IA supernova models with different explosion mechanisms, Khokhlov, A.; Mueller, E.; Hoeflich, P., , , Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1993

See also

★ Energies per unit mass

★ Conversion of units#Energy, work, or heat

★ Scientific notation

★ Metric system

★ List of energy topics