Yes, it is also known as the Watt
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The basic metric unit for electrical power measurement is the watt, which is equal to one joule per second.
The Joule is a unit of energy, while the Watt is a unit of power. Joule is the alternate name for a Newton-meter of energy, and Watt is the alternate name for a Newton-meter per second of power. This means that one Watt is one Joule per second; a 100-Watt light bulb converts 100 Joules of electrical energy every second into heat energy and light energy.
This is a very good question. A joule is a unit of energy, and a watt is a unit of power. Power is the rate at which energy is converted from potenital to kinetic energy. So power is some quantity of energy divided by some unit of time. In the SI system, a watt is equal to 1 joule per second. Real life example. A 60W lightbulb uses 60 joules of energy every second. Hope this helps!
Joule is a unit of energy, watt is a unit of power. Power is energy per time unit. In a way, those are incompatible units, but if you know in what time you spend a certain amount of Joule, you can convert to Watt, and vice versa. For example, if you use 200 Joule in 2 seconds, that is 200/2 = 100 Joule/second, or 100 Watts. Or, if a light-bulb uses 35 Watts, that is 35 Joules every second, so in an hour it will use 35 x 3600 = 126000 Joules, or 126 KJ.
New answer - J=kg*m^2/s^2. J/kg=m^2/s^2 The definition of Joule is N * m (Newtons times meters) The definition of Newton is kg * m / s2 (kilograms times meters divided by seconds squared) Dividing the unit Joule by kilograms leaves meters per second squared (or meters mer second per second)