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Calorimeter vs Joule - What's the difference?

calorimeter | joule |

As nouns the difference between calorimeter and joule

is that calorimeter is (physics) an apparatus for measuring the heat generated or absorbed by either a chemical reaction, change of phase or some other physical change while joule is joule.

calorimeter

English

(wikipedia calorimeter)

Alternative forms

* calorimetre (nonstandard)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (physics) An apparatus for measuring the heat generated or absorbed by either a chemical reaction, change of phase or some other physical change.

    • Derived terms

    * calorimetric * calorimetry

    joule

    English

    (wikipedia joule)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • In the International System of Units, the derived unit of energy, work and heat; the work required to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre. Also equal to the energy of one watt of power for a duration of one second. Symbol: J
    • The Greisen–Zatsepin–Kuzmin limit (GZK limit) is a theoretical upper limit on the energy of cosmic rays (high energy charged particles from space) coming from "distant" sources. The limit is 5×1019 eV, or about 8 joules'''. The limit is set by slowing-interactions of cosmic ray protons with the microwave background radiation over long distances (~163 million light-years). The limit is at the same order of magnitude as the upper limit for energy at which cosmic rays have experimentally been detected. For example, one ultra-high-energy cosmic ray has been detected which appeared to possess a record 50 '''joules (312 million TeV) of energy (about the same as a 60 mph baseball).