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    Orders of magnitude (specific energy)

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    This is a table of specific energy by magnitude. Unless otherwise noted, these values assume standard ambient temperature and pressure.

    List of orders of magnitude for specific energy
    Order of magnitude
    J/(kg)     		Specific energy Storage method
    101 1 Gravitational potential energy stored by raising any material by 1 meter (near the Earth's surface)
    102 2.8 Day laborer (for that day)
    4 Heel-strike generator using electrostrictive polymers
    103
    104
    105 2.16 NiMH rechargeable batteries
    6.12 Lead acid car batteries
    6.3 Li-ion watch batteries
    106
    107 1.6 Wood fuel
    1.7 Protein (about 4 nutritional calories per gram)[1]
    Carbohydrates (about 4 nutritional calories per gram)[2]
    2.5 Ethanol
    2.9 Alcohol (about 7 nutritional calories per gram)
    3.8 Fat (about 9 nutritional calories per gram)[3]
    4.4 Petrol (gasoline)[4]
    6.249 Specific kinetic energy required to escape the Earth's gravity from its surface.
    108 1.2 Hydrogen
    109
    1010
    1011
    1012
    1013 8.6 Nuclear fission: natural uranium in fast breeder reactor
    1014 5.76 Nuclear fusion: deuterium-tritium
    1015
    1016 ~8.9876 Matter-antimatter annihilation: indeterminate matter and antimatter

    See also

    • Energies per unit mass

    References

    1. ↑ Dukhan, David (2003). "Energy Density of Protein". The Physics Factbook. http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/DavidDukhan.shtml. Retrieved 5 November 2011. 
    2. ↑ Panda, Anurag (2007). "Energy Density of Carbohydrates". The Physics Factbook. http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2007/AnuragPanda.shtml. Retrieved 5 November 2011. 
    3. ↑ Zhang, Ping (2004). "Energy Density of Fats". The Physics Factbook. http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2004/PingZhang.shtml. Retrieved 5 November 2011. 
    4. ↑ Golnik, Arthur (2003). "Energy Density of Gasoline". The Physics Factbook. http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/ArthurGolnik.shtml. Retrieved 5 January 2014. 




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