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Use this page to convert erg values into joule, with background details, formulas, a worked example, and a quick conversion table.

1 erg = 0.0000001 J

1 J = 10,000,000 erg

Example: 120 erg = 0.000012 J

Erg (erg) is represented in this converter as 0.0000001 joules.

History: Erg comes from a scientific, industrial, thermal, or historical energy measurement tradition.

Current use: Erg conversions help compare specialist energy values with joules, calories, BTU, and watt-hours.

Also written as erg.

A joule is the work done by a force of one newton through one meter.

History: It is named after James Prescott Joule.

Current use: Joules are used in physics, engineering, and energy calculations.

Also written as J, joules.