UNITS OF ATOMIC ENERGY
Electronvolt -
the energy one electron acquires when accelerating through one volt of potential difference
MeV - mega (10
6
) eV
GeV - giga (10
9
) eV
TeV - tera (10
12
) eV
Particle
masses
can be expressed as
energy
according to
E = mc
2
, because
m = E/c
2
(
m
= mass;
E
= energy)
