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muriel_volestrangler

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5. A volt is a joule per coulomb

Reply to Blue State Bandit (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2013, 08:01 PM

Nov 2013

and that's why you measure energy in electron-volts. An electron has a fixed charge, which you can measure in coulombs, and to move it through a potential difference of one volt, you need one electron-volt of energy. We could, if we want, measure energy in 'proton-g-metres', defined as the energy needed to raise the mass of a proton in a gravitational filed of strength 'g' by one metre.

"If space is electrically neutral, as mainstream astronomy experts claim"

Do you mean 'space', or do you mean matter in space?

"If...everything we see in the heavens are the results of friction, shock-waves, and gravity alone"

They don't claim that, either. Friction is a pretty rare thing to hear astronomers talking about.

"why do these same scientists measure these energetic events in ... Amperes"

They don't. If you don't understand my explanation of an electron-volt, try Wikipedia or something.

The answer to (2) is in that link.

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A volt is a joule per coulomb muriel_volestrangler Nov 2013 #5

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