Definition Of Electron Volt Ev

Definition of electron volt (eV)

graph TD; A[Physics] --> B["Definition of electron volt (eV)"]; B --> C[Basic Definition]; C --> D1["An electron volt (eV) is the approximate amount of energy gained by an electron
falling through a potential difference of one volt in a vacuum"]; B --> E[Applications]; E --> F1["Used as a unit of energy because it is easy to measure experimentally"]; E --> F2["Commonly used in solid state, atomic, nuclear, and particle physics"]; B --> G[Conversion]; G --> H1["1 eV is equivalent to 1.602176634×10−19 joules"];