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erg

  (ûrg)

The centimeter-gram-second unit of energy or work equal to the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter.

[From Greek ergon, work.]

A unit of energy in the CGS system. It is equal to .0000001 joule in the MKS system. See CGS system.

[Etymology: Gk: ‘work’] energy, work, quantity of heat Metric-c.g.s. Identically dyne·centimetre, i.e. work done by 1 dyne acting over 1 centimetre, = 10^-7 J (= cm²·g·s^-2 in c.g.s. base terms). Erg can be prefixed, as in cerg = centierg.

To convert from ergs/sec to:

dyne-cm/sec, multiply by 1.0.
Btu, multiply by 9.48E-11.
dyne-centimeters, multiply by 1.0.
foot-pounds, multiply by 7.367E-08.
gram-calories, multiply by 2.389E-08.
grams-cms, multiply by .00102.
horsepower-hrs, multiply by 3.725E-14.
joules, multiply by .0000001.
kg-calories, multiply by 2.389E-11.
kg-meters, multiply by 1.02E-08.
kilowatt-hrs, multiply by 2.778E-14.
watt-hrs, multiply by 2.778E-11.
Btu/min, multiply by 5.688E-06.
ft-lbs/min, multiply by 4.427E-06.
ft-lbs/sec, multiply by 7.3756E-08.
horsepower, multiply by 1.341E-10.
kg-calories/min, multiply by 1.433E-09.
kilowatts, multiply by 1E-10.

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