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Specific potential energy

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Specific potential energy
Common symbols
pe, or eu
SI unitJ/kg
In SI base unitsm2/s2
Derivations from
other quantities
eu = g h

Specific potential energy is potential energy of an object per unit of mass of that object.

In a gravitational field it is the acceleration of gravity times height, .

See also