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LouFerrigno
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Hi,
I'm new to the site and not sure if I'm posting in the right place as this is not exactly a homework problem, but just a problem in general. I'm looking at E=mc2 and how the units can be broken down into eV=u (I think?). I don't know what happens to the distance units, though, if we keep seconds as the time units.
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What happens to the distance units when E=mc2 is converted from joules=(kg)(m/s)2 into eV=u? Where eV is electron volts and u is atomic mass units.
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1u= 1.66x10-27 kg
1eV=1.6x10-19 J
c2=9.315x108 eV/u
3. Attempt at Solution
I really don't know what to do here. Can it just stay meters?
Any help is appreciated.
I'm new to the site and not sure if I'm posting in the right place as this is not exactly a homework problem, but just a problem in general. I'm looking at E=mc2 and how the units can be broken down into eV=u (I think?). I don't know what happens to the distance units, though, if we keep seconds as the time units.
Homework Statement
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What happens to the distance units when E=mc2 is converted from joules=(kg)(m/s)2 into eV=u? Where eV is electron volts and u is atomic mass units.
Homework Equations
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1u= 1.66x10-27 kg
1eV=1.6x10-19 J
c2=9.315x108 eV/u
3. Attempt at Solution
I really don't know what to do here. Can it just stay meters?
Any help is appreciated.