| Symbol: | J |
| Category: | Energy |
| SI Equivalent: | 1 J |
| Dimension: | ML2T-2 |
| System: | SI |
| Notes | |
| Named after the English physicist James Prescott Joule (1818-1889), the joule is the basic unit of work or energy in the SI system. It is equal to the work done by a force of 1 newton with the point of application displaced by 1 meter in the direction of the force. | |















