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As W = FS <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2234 1 unit work = 1 unit force \u00d7 1 unit distance<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus, unit work is the amount of work done when a unit force displaces a body through a unit distance in the direction of the force.<\/p>\n\n\n Work done is said to be one absolute unit if an absolute unit of force displaces a body through a unit distance in the direction of the force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (i) Joule: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is the absolute unit of work in SI, named after British physicist James Prescott Joule (1811 -1869). One joule of work is said to be done when a force of one newton displaces a body through a distance of one metre in its own direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 joule = 1 newton \u00d7 1 metre or 1 J = 1 Nm<\/p>\n\n\n\n (ii) Erg<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is the absolute unit of work in CGS system. One erg of work is said to be done if a force of one dyne displaces a body through a distance of one centimetre in its own direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 erg = 1 dyne \u00d7 1 cm<\/p>\n\n\n 1 joule = 1 newton \u00d7 1 metre<\/p>\n\n\n\n = 105<\/sup> dyne\u00d7 102<\/sup> cm =107<\/sup> dyne cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n or 1 joule = 10 erg<\/p>\n\n\n Work is said to be done one gravitational unit if a gravitational unit of force displaces a body through a unit distance in the direction of the force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (i) Kilogram metre:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is the gravitational unit of work in SI. One kilogram metre of work is said to be done when a force of one kilogram weight displaces a body through one metre in its own direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 kg m = 1 kg wt \u00d7 1m = 9.8N \u00d7 1m<\/p>\n\n\n\n or 1 kg m = 9.8 J<\/p>\n\n\n\n (ii) Gram centimetre:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is gravitational unit of force in CGS system. One gram centimetre of work is said to be done when a force of one gram weight displaces a body through one centimetre in its own direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 g cm = 1 g wt \u00d7 1 cm = 980 dyne \u00d7 1 cm or 1 g cm = 980 erg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As W = FS \u2234 1 unit work = 1 unit force \u00d7 1 unit distance Thus, unit work is the amount of work done when a unit force displaces a body through a unit distance in the direction of the force. Absolute units of work. Work done is said to be one absolute unit … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103,"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/successrouter.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Absolute units of work. <\/h4>\n\n\n
Relation between joule and erg.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n
Gravitational units of work<\/h4>\n\n\n