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that was the best and most entertaining post in this thread

yeah, the Joule (symbol: J) is the SI unit of energy. it's what we mostly use in science. just a little fun: about how many shots' worth of muzzle energy would it take to bring a room temperature can of soda to a boil (assuming all of the energy could be perfectly transferred into the liquid)...


haha

yeah, FPE is another legit one

while i'm on a roll here, carbon dioxide is CO2, not C02. see the difference: a molecule of CO2 is one atom of carbon (the atomic symbol is the letter "C") bonded to two atoms of oxygen (the atomic symbol = the letter "O", not the number zero ("0")). it's spelled incorrectly, among other...

hi guys, i see this all the time in posts, videos (i'm looking at you, too, Ted!), and even product pages: "ft/lb"... WHAT IS THAT? a foot-pound, as you know, is a unit of energy commonly used to express muzzle energy of a projectile. for the mathematically inclined/curious, energy can be...